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Hospitals Seek Ways to Defuse Angry Doctors
April 10, 2013
A new counseling program aims to help physicians target internal factors that lead to disruptive behavior
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Hospitalists Can’t Ignore Rise in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infections
April 9, 2013
Insist on antimicrobial stewardship, contact precautions, hand hygiene, and better room cleanings, CDC expert says
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HM13: Bringing Hospital Medicine to the East Coast
April 2, 2013
Central location, luxury hotel, and star-studded speakers highlight SHM’s annual meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. in May
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SHM Tallies Ratio of Hospital Respondents’ Observation Admissions to Inpatient Admission Encounters
April 2, 2013
Included in the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Report, the new metric was added due to increased hospital observation encounters
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We Welcome the Newest SHM Members
April 2, 2013
A listing of new Society of Hospital Medicine members
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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Provision Carries Pay Raise for Some Hospitalists
April 2, 2013
Hospitalists who care for Medicaid patients will see a pay increase in 2013 and 2014 under ACA payment parity rules
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Arvind Gupta, MD, FACP, FHM
April 2, 2013
Dr. Gupta is a hospitalist at Wellspan York Hospital in York, Pa. and president and founder of the South Central Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Larry Wellikson: Exceptional Hospitalists Bring Positive Change to Health Care Industry
April 2, 2013
Boundless talent, energy, and commitment characterize hospital medicine's top leaders and their quest for better health care
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Bob Wachter Puts Forward Spin on Patient Safety, Quality of Care at HM13
April 1, 2013
The eponymous hospital medicine convention speaker plans to reaffirm hospitalists’ commitment to deliver safe, high-quality patient care in his address at SHM’s annual meeting in May
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UCLA Exec: Patient-Centered Approach Essential to Quality of Hospital Care
April 1, 2013
A national healthcare expert will implore hospitalists to focus first on healing patients in his keynote address at SHM’s annual meeting, HM13