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Be There or Be Square
May 1, 2005
The bomb. The franchise. Sine qua non. Must see. Must be there. How do you say it when something or someone just seems to be in the middle of everything?
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Terri Schiavo and the Pope: My Lessons Learned
May 1, 2005
As I write first column as President of SHM, palliative care has been much in the news.
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Other Literature of Interest
May 1, 2005
1. Carratala J, FernandezSabe N, Ortega L, et al. Outpatient care compared with hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized trial in low-risk patients. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142: 165-72.
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Opportunity to Partner in Improving Care: The Medicare Chronic Care improvement Programs
May 1, 2005
Update from the Public Policy Committee
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SHM Elects Jack Percelay, MD, FAAP, to newly Created Pediatrics Seat on Board of Directors
May 1, 2005
SHM has created a new seat on the Board of Directors that must be filled by a pediatric hospitalist and has elected Jack Percelay, MD, FAAP as its new pediatric board member. Dr. Percelay began serving a 1-year term on the SHM board beginning April 29, 2005.
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Managing Physician Performance in Hospital Medicine
May 1, 2005
Joel Barker describes leadership as “…the ability to take people where they otherwise would not go.” In other words, leadership is about creating change in something that exists today.
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Four Physicians Presented SHM’s 2005 National Awards of Excellence
May 1, 2005
SHM presented its 2005 national awards of excellence to four hospitalists whose work and research have contributed significantly to hospital medicine and to the betterment of hospital care across America.
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SHM Inducts New Officers at Annual Meeting
May 1, 2005
Steven Pantilat, MD, assumed the role of SHM’s new president at the 2005 Annual Meeting, along with a slate of other newly elected officers, including: Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA, president elect, William Atchley, MD, FACP, treasurer, and Lisa Kettering, MD, FACP, secretary.
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Health Care Will Be Better and You Will Make It Happen
March 2, 2005
The vision of a re-engineered hospital with patient-centered care, delivered by a fully empowered team of professionals, which is data driven with clear quality measurements, where better performance is rewarded by better compensation is coming to a hospital near you during your professional career.
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Five-Year Review of Codes Begins
March 1, 2005
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule indicates how much each physician service will be reimbursed by Medicare. Payment rates are a combination of three components: physician work, practice expense, and professional liability (malpractice).
