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.
News
Paid For Being Special
The next phase of hospital medicine
News
The GOP Viewpoint
Senator expects ACA will be overturned, suggests individual accountability
News
Health Reform Turns 1
An uneasy anniversary for the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act
News
Obama’s SGR Fix Gets Mixed Reviews
Payment patch could buy administration time, hospitalist says
News
All Aboard
Hospitalists should jump on transitions-of-care train now to help solve rehospitalization problems
News
On the Road Again?
“Extensivist” model shows potential for improved care coordination
Audio
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Stephen Jencks, MD, and hospitalist Brad Sherman, MD, FHM, chat about readmission problems and solutions
With Medicare preparing to curtail reimbursement for 30-day readmissions, hospitalists are on the frontlines of safe and effective transitions of...
News
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Exception or the Rule? Targeting the Right Patient Populations
It’s one thing to identify the factors associated with higher risk of readmission, and quite another to actively manage those patients
News
A New Year’s Resolution to Crack Down on Opioids?
FDA fights back against abuse and addiction, urges prescriber education
News
Turbulence Ahead
Politics likely to interrupt Affordable Care Act evolution
News
The Medicaid Gap
States face daunting financial shortfalls as patients endure substandard care
News
BCBS of North Carolina’s refund to customers due to changes in health reform legislation
Bryn Nelson in the October issue of The Hospitalist (see “A Taxing Future for HM?,” p. 16) incorrectly states that Blue Cross Blue Shield of North...
News
Payment Reform Proposals Take Shape
Bundling episodes might not solve the problem; new ideas to fairly divide payment emerge
News
A Bundle of Nerves
Early returns on payment reform demonstration projects show successes, but skeptics question why alternatives aren’t explored
News
A Taxing Future for HM?
Washington is poised to take a bite out of your paycheck