Bryn Nelson is a former PhD microbiologist who decided he’d much rather write about microbes than mutate them. After seven years at the science desk of Newsday in New York, Nelson relocated to Seattle as a freelancer, where he has consumed far too much coffee and written features and stories for The Hospitalist, The New York Times, Nature, Scientific American, Science News for Students, Mosaic and many other print and online publications. In addition, he contributed a chapter to The Science Writers’ Handbook and edited two chapters for the six-volume Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking.
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Accountability Hits Home for Hospitalists
While some hospitalists see the value-based payment modifier (VBPM) program as a penalty, others see an opportunity
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Value-Based Purchasing Model for Medicare Reimbursement Extends to Physicians
A primer on the CMS' physician value-based modifier (VBPM) program, including the how and when it will impact hospitalists
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Derek C. Angus discuss incorporating hospitalists into a tiered system of ICU care
Dr. Angus is chair of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, discusses the differences in opinion over the SHM/SCCM critical care fellowship proposal
Dr. Dressler is associate professor of internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and a former SHM board member
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Special Skills Hospitalists Need for the Intensive Care Unit
Hospitalists working in ICU must have broad knowledge base, interpersonal skills, and the right attitude, experts say
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Debate Rages Over Hospitalists' Role in ICU Physician Shortage
As provider shortages plague ICUs nationwide, the spotlight turns to hospitalists' training and willingness to bridge the gap
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Alternative Healthcare Models Aim to Boost Sagging Critical-Care Workforce
Experts most commonly propose creating tiered, regionalized care structures, tele-ICU services, and augmenting the role of midlevel providers
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Budget Cuts Threaten Doctor-Aid Programs
As new programs to promote recruitment, training, and placement of more PCPs move forward, others are threatened with funding decreases or...
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Elbert Huang discusses primary care's role in providing access and value
Dr. Huang, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, suggests medical schools aren't selecting students that best meet society...
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Workforce Shortages, Increased Patient Populations, and Funding Woes Pressure U.S. Primary-Care System
The primary-care workforce has been on a downward slide that is sounding alarm bells throughout the country.
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Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 11.2...
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Vineet Arora discusses primary-care workforce challenges
Dr. Arora outlines the factors to consider to entice medical students to choose a primary-care career
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Care Health Plan's Z. Joseph Wanski discusses efforts to prevent 30-day readmissions
Dr. Wanski, a hospitalist, endocrinologist, and medical director of the L.A. Health Care Plan, chats about Southern California hospitalists'...
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Early Returns: ACOs Improve Management of Patient Populations, Offer Short-Term Savings
Opportunities to be more efficient are largely under care of hospitalists, ACO director says
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A neurohospitalist fellowship program director talks about the rise of the neurohospitalist model.
Kevin Barrett, MD, the director of the neurohospitalist fellowship program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., talks about the rise of the...