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Evidence Based Medicine for The Hospitalist
December 1, 2005
Installment #3: Finding the best evidence
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The End of General Hospitals
December 1, 2005
An expert in hospital design and architecture discusses how hospital facilities will look and function
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Hospitalists Defined—Officially
December 1, 2005
In the hospital and in the dictionary, our remarkable field is on the rise
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The Newtonian Hospitalist
October 1, 2005
The forces of our universe are described and measured by a series of laws and equations known collectively as physics. Though we seem far removed from those halcyon (or Halcion) days of college physics, we exist in a universe still ruled by them.
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine
October 1, 2005
An emerging profession finds focus & leaders
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TRENDWATCH: The Specialization of Hospital Medicine
October 1, 2005
OB/GYN, dermatologic hospitalists? You bet! Niched out practitioners improve outcomes, patient satisfaction
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Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Associated Infections: The Role of the Hospitalist
- Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc;
- Director OF
September 2, 2005
While infections that develop during hospitalization may appear to be an uncommon but recognized risk of hospital care today, the incidence of these infections has been increasing dramatically during the last 2 to 3 decades, and the risk of acquiring an organism that is resistant to 1 or more antibi
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Hospitalists Stand Up at AMA and in D.C.
September 1, 2005
SHM aligns with other organizations to make a case for hospitalists
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Physician Pay-for-Performance Comes to the Hospital
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
July 1, 2005
In January 2004, the Mercy Inpatient Medicine Service embarked on a quality-based incentive program, or “pay-for-performance.” This was spurred on by Blue Cross of Massachusetts, which contracted with all hospitals in the state to receive a substantial financial bonus for agreed-upon qua
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Advancing Toward the Ideal Hospital Discharge for the Elderly Patient
- And Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD;
- Dennis Manning, MD, FACP, FACC;
- Sunil Kripalani, MD
May 1, 2005
Development of a Hospitalist Checklist and Possible SHM Consensus Statement