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News
Experts Debate Pros and Cons of Seven Days On, Seven Days Off Work Schedule
March 1, 2013
Familiar hospital medicine work model popular with some for its distinct time-off structure, criticized by others as inflexible and financially unstable
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News
Affordable Care Act Provides Two-Year Increase in Medicaid Payments for Primary-Care Services
March 1, 2013
Medicaid-to-Medicare parity regulation will increase total revenue for some hospitalist groups
News
Medicaid Payments for Some Primary-Care Services Reach Parity with Medicare Levels
January 2, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) recommendations lead to payments by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for hospitalist-related codes
News
When Should an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Be Treated?
- Jennifer Best, MD, FACP, FHM;
- Lauren E. Carpenter, MD
January 1, 2013
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) should be repaired when the risk of rupture outweighs the risks of surgical repair
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Opinion
John Nelson: Peformance Key to Federal Value-Based Payment Modifier Plan
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
December 2, 2012
What the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new pay-for-performance program means to hospitalists
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Consider Patient Safety, Outcomes Risk before Prescribing Off-Label Drugs
December 2, 2012
Once a drug has been approved for use, if, in your clinical judgment there are other indications for which it could be beneficial, then you are well within your rights to prescribe it
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Why It’s Hard for Healthcare Providers to Say I’m Sorry
November 2, 2012
Disclosure with apology is the right thing for healthcare providers to do
Opinion
John Nelson: Heavy Workloads
November 2, 2012
Dearth of data doesn’t green-light high patient census
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News
Healthcare Quality Accounting Metrics Need Improvement
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
November 1, 2012
Patient-centered quality reporting aims to refine performance measures for healthcare providers
News
ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
- Amira K. Del Pino-Jones, MD;
- D’anna Saul, MD;
- Daniel Cho, MD;
- Ethan Cumbler, MD;
- Hae-Won Kim, MD;
- Joseph R. Sweigart, MD;
- Kristin Furfari, MD;
- Lindsay Thurman, MD;
- Sarah Anand, MD;
- Yaron Friedman, MD
October 1, 2012
Prediction tool for neurological outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest; Radiation exposure in integrated healthcare systems; Postoperative troponin predicts 30-day mortality; Clinical prediction model of mortality in acute heart failure; Indwelling pleural catheter vs. talc pleurodesis via chest tube; Early surgery or high-risk, native-valve endocarditis patients; Risk factors after ED visit for syncope; Acute hyperglycemia in CAP patients; Hospital delirium associated with cognitive decline, institutionalization, and death; Seven-day ciproflaxacin effective against acute pyelonephritis; Advance directives in community patients with heart failure; Chlorhexidine bathing effective against CVC-associated bloodstream infections; Simulation training improves lumbar puncture skills; PCP referrals to hospitals and publicly reported data; Medication reconciliation best practices.