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Q&A: Lowering hospital readmissions by improving care transitions
The Hospital to Home program targets changes by 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2009
Not a time for modesty
With the economy shaky and hospital budgets tight, hospitalists are being asked more and more to prove their worth. Value may be the word that hospital administrators and consultants use to describe what hospitalists are being expected to demonstrate, but what it boils down to is this: Are hospitalists earning their keep?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/value.htm
15 Oct 2009
Top Docs: Meet our 2009 Top Hospitalists
Welcome to our second annual Top Hospitalists issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2009
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Revisiting InpatientHyperglycemiaNew Recommendations,Evolving Data, and Practical Implications for ImplementationGuest Editor: Etie S. Moghissi, MD, FACE. A Supplement to ACP HospitalistRelease date: December 15, 2009Expiration date: December 31, 2010Estimated time to complete activity: 2.0 hours. Sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for MedicineSupported by an educational grant from. Novo Nordisk Inc. Type of ActivityKnowledge. Nursing Continuing EducationCredit DesignationThis educational activity for 2.1
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009
A bundle of joy or trouble?
Bundled payments could prove the value of hospitalists or destroy their income, dramatically improve patient care or hurt outcomes, or be a return to capitation or a new way forward.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/bundle.htm
15 Dec 2009
In the News
Mortality disparities after in-hospital cardiac arrest, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/itn.htm
15 Dec 2009
A bundle of care that keeps elderly patients out of the hospital
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas instituted a pilot project providing a “care bundle” to elderly patients at particularly high risk for returning to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/success.htm
15 Jan 2010
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
Getting to know you
Daily face-to-face meetings improve outcomes and teamwork.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/team.htm
15 Feb 2010
Letter from the Editor
Improving transitions of care is one of the top goals facing hospitals and hospitalists today. Happily, it's one that doesn't require a lot of technology to achieve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/lfe.htm
15 Feb 2010