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Quick Byte: ACA jump-starts 61,000 demo projects
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation lauded as proving ground for health care experimentation.
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Consider apps for better patient health
Patient-facing apps have potential to help high-need, high-cost populations, but technology also poses risks.
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Hospitalists seek tools for more efficient admissions
HM16 abstract explains how Lean/Six Sigma methods might streamline admissions.
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Enlisting social networks for better health outcomes
Commentary encourages engaging patients’ friends, family to assist in health care optimization.
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Create hospitalist-patient partnerships for safety and quality
Study reports sharing tool strengthens relationships, improve safety.
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Do 30-day readmissions mean anything?
New research shows 97% of reasons for readmission are beyond clinician control.
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A Glimpse at the Future of Hospital Medicine
Hospitalists touch the lives of patients and shape health systems’ practices and health policy on a national and international scale according to...
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Promoting the Health of Healthcare Employees
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act encourage hospitals to work with their communities to improve population health.
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Strategies for Preventing Patient Falls
Between 700,000 and 1 million people fall each year in U.S. hospitals, and about a third of those result in injuries that add an additional 6.3...
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Helping Patients Quit Smoking
Inpatient hospitalization can be a key time for patients to quit smoking, according to an abstract called “No More Butts: An Automated System for...
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Predicting 30-Day Readmissions
Rates of 30-day readmissions are of major concern to hospitalists
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Ramping Up Telehealth’s Possibilities
Congress is considering the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act, intended to modernize the way Medicare reimburses telehealth services and to expand...
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Improving Hospital Telemetry Usage
Research has shown that inappropriate usage of inpatient telemetry monitoring increases costs to the healthcare system
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Measuring Excellent Comportment among Hospitalists
The hospitalist’s performance is among the major determinants of a patient’s hospital experience. But what are the elements of a successful...
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New Standard Announced for Antimicrobial Stewardship
The Joint Commission recently announced a new Medication Management (MM) standard for hospitals, critical-access hospitals, and nursing care...