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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Affordable Care Act Calls on Hospitalists to Hone Skills
Greater cost controls, new efficiencies, smoother transitions of care on horizon as Obamacare comes into focus
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Hospitalists Will Be Critical to Obamacare Success
Healthcare analysts predict greater reliance on hospital-based providers as Affordable Care Act kicks into high gear
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Data Mining Expert Explains Role Performance Tools Will Play in Future
Paul Roscoe, CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Advisory Board Company, discusses the important role data mining tools like CRIMSON will play in...
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Learn How Best To Avoid Some of Data Mining’s Potential Pitfalls
Secure information collection, easy-to-understand analysis, and long-term commitment are a good start
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The Why and How Data Mining Is Applicable to Hospital Medicine
Steven Deitelzweig, MD, SFHM, system chairman for hospital medicine and medical director of regional business development at Ochsner Health System...
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Hospitals Reap Potential of Data Mining
Hospitalists use tool to predict risk of patient readmission, reduce rates of blood clotting, manage asthma patients
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Hospitalist Groups Extract New Solutions Via Data Mining
Technology can assist with clinical decision-making, predict health insurance fraud, identify at-risk patients
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Hospitalist Explains Benefits of Bundling, Other Integration Strategies
Monty Duke, MD, of Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital explains the benefits of bundling and other integration strategies in an era of increased...
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Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
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Hospitalist-Focused Strategies to Address Medicare's Expanded Quality, Efficiency Measures
Amount of time, money, resources needed to implement initiatives could put hospitals under duress
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Two Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Share Their Strategies for Success
Pairing with a multispecialty private-practice group and using nurse practitioners for at-home patient visits are tactics used by successful ACOs...
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Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) Gain Popularity with Physicians in Wake of Added Incentives, Revised Federal Rules
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
Lack of incentives, flexibility could limit ACO success, widespread implementation
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: CogentHMG hospitalist explains how hospitalists can prepare for Value-Based Purchasing at hospital, individual level
Julia Wright, MD, SFHM, FACP, president of the MidAtlantic Business Unit for CogentHMG, talks about how hospitalists can get up to speed on the...
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How Hospitalists Can Prepare for the Physician VBPM Program
Four simple strategies to help your HM group navigate CMS' Value-Based Payment Modifier program