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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
October 1, 2013
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Reviews of Reseach on Perioperative Morbidity, Capnography with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the ED, Mortality Rate for Elective Surgeries
October 1, 2013
Also reviewed this month: publicly reported mortality rates vs. hospitals' overall mortality, cost-saving visits for Medicare patients, video-based workshops for academic hospitalists
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Hospitalist Compensation Models Evolve Toward Production, Performance-Based Variables
October 1, 2013
Proportion of hospitalists' compensation paid as base salary, performance incentive on the rise, SHM study reports
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SHM Advocates for Medicare to Cover Skilled-Nursing Facilities
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists push to pass Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act that counts observation status toward three-day requirement for SNF patient care
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Bleeding Risks, Anticoagulants, Hospital-Acquired Infections Among Can’t Miss Topics at HM14
October 1, 2013
Breakout sessions, pre-courses at SHM's 2014 annual meeting to showcase key issues, specialty areas
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Make Plans Now for HM14
October 1, 2013
Registration, scheduling requests, and room reservations can be made for SHM's 2014 annual meeting in Las Vegas March 24-27
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SHM Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Janet Nagamine, MD, BSN, SFHM
October 1, 2013
Dr. Nagamine is a member of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Complications Steering Committee and SHM board
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SHM President to Outline Benefits of Becoming a Career Hospitalist
October 1, 2013
Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, will discuss resources available to medical students, residents, early-career hospitalists in presentation at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia October 23.
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SHM Introduces Discounted PQRS Through New Learning Portal
October 1, 2013
Allows hospitalists to report data on quality measures for services for Medicare beneficiaries at a lower rate
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Nominations for SHM Board of Directors, Committees due Oct. 21
October 1, 2013
Current SHM leaders discuss benefits of board, committee membership