News
Team Hospitalist Recommends Nine Don’t-Miss Sessions at HM13
April 1, 2013
Presentations about anticoagulants, physician value-based purchasing (VBP), and patient communications among hospitalists' top picks at SHM annual meeting
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Danielle Scheurer: Thousands of Hospitalists Set Their Sights on HM13
April 1, 2013
Since its initial meeting of 100 hospitalists in 1998, the growing popularity of SHM’s annual meeting is testimony to the strength of the profession and the society’s leadership
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Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Gain Popularity with Physicians in Wake of Added Incentives, Revised Federal Rules
April 1, 2013
Health care providers cautiously optimistic that ACO’s shared responsibility model can cure some industry ills
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The Future of ACOs Remains Cloudy
April 1, 2013
Lack of incentives, flexibility could limit ACO success, widespread implementation
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Hospitalists Encouraged to Embrace Medicare’s VBPM Program Now
April 1, 2013
Adopting value-based payment modifier plan will help hospital medicine practices avoid penalties ahead of 2017 deadline
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The Process of Selling a Hospitalist Group from Start to Finish
April 1, 2013
Guidelines for mergers and acquisitions for hospital medicine practices of any size
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program Adds Measure in Efficiency Domain
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
March 2, 2013
Medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), not healthcare cost or length of stay, will be the first measure used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to measure hospital efficiency
News
Hospital Medicine Guidelines for Management of Diabetic Foot Infections
March 1, 2013
Coordinated clinical care is important for improving patient care and outcomes
News
ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
- Charles A. Baillie, MD;
- Craig A. Umscheid, MD, MSCE;
- Eric N. Goren, MD;
- Jerry Jacob, MD;
- Kai T. Xu, MD;
- Neha Patel, MD;
- Section OF
March 1, 2013
Guidelines on steroids and antivirals to treat Bell’s palsy; Probiotics to reduce Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; Rates of hemorrhage from warfarin therapy higher in clinical practice; Less experienced doctors incur higher treatment costs; Pay-for-performance incentive reduces mortality in England; No benefit in ultrafiltration to treat acute heart failure; Hospitalized patients often receive too much acetaminophen; Longer anticoagulation therapy beneficial after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement; Antimicrobial-coated catheters and risk of urinary tract infection; Patient outcomes improve after in-hospital cardiac arrest
News
How Should Physicians Assess and Manage Pressure Ulcers in the Hospitalized Patient?
- Fred Ko, MD, MS;
- Jason Prager, MD;
- Mount Sinai School Of Medicine;
- New York
February 25, 2013
Assessments of pressure ulcer stage, wound infection, and risk factors guide targeted therapeutic interventions that facilitate wound healing and prevent new pressure ulcer formation