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VIDEO: NPs, PAs weigh common issues in hospitalist practice
As more NPs, PAs integrate into hospital medicine, policies could be limiting their usefulness.
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VIDEO: Attaining the tools to start your own quality improvement project
HM17 session on QI methodologies lays the foundation for hospitalist-led projects.
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VIDEO: Policy-focused SHM president thinks hospitalists can impact global, systems change
Dr. Ron Greeno believes payment reforms like MACRA will have a “huge impact” on both hospitalists and the hospitals/health systems they work in....
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Eliminates Two-Midnight Rule's Inpatient Payment Cuts: Report
Medicare will stop imposing an inpatient payment cut to hospitals under the "two-midnight rule," according to a report in Modern Healthcare.
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Team Hospitalist Seats 8 Members
Eight hospitalists have joined Team Hospitalist, the only reader involvement group of its kind in hospital medicine. Each of the new members has...
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Team Hospitalist Advisory Board Accepting Applications for 2016-2018 Terms
The Hospitalist, the official news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, is always on the lookout for creative individuals dedicated to...
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TeamHealth Announces $1.6 Billion Acquisition of IPC Healthcare
TeamHealth has acquired IPC Healthcare in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion, or $80.25 per share,...
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WATCH: Hospital Medicine 2015 Day Four Highlights
Day Four highlights from HM15, the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
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WATCH: Hospital Medicine 2015 Highlights Day Three
Day Three highlights from HM15, the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
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WATCH: Hospital Medicine 2015 Highlights - Day Two
Day Two highlights from HM15, the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
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WATCH: Hospital Medicine 2015 Highlights -- Day 1
Day One highlights from HM15, the Society of Hospital Medicine's (SHM) annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
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Baystate Medical Center's Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction. Get an up-close look at the service...
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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Baystate Medical Center's Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction.
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Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Says Cost, Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks...
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Hospitalist Pioneer Says Cost Equation Is Shifting in Ever-Changing Healthcare Paradigm
Hospitalists who have flown under radar soon will be counted on to produce cost, waste reduction