Dr. Whitcomb is chief medical officer of Remedy Partners. He is co-founder and past president of SHM. E-mail him at [email protected].
News

Female physicians, lower mortality, lower readmissions: A case study
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Opinion

Thinking Outside the DRG Box
- Author:
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Alternative payment models reward post-acute-care value over in-hospital savings
News
Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
An important area to pay particular attention to is the role of future hospitalizations in patients’ wishes for care
Opinion

8 Lessons for Hospitalists Turned Entrepreneurs
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
If you are a hospitalist, you are an entrepreneur almost by definition. All hospitalists are continuously engaged in improving the hospital...
Opinion

Revisiting the ‘Key Principles and Characteristics of an Effective Hospital Medicine Group'
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
It has been two years since the “Key Characteristics” was published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.1 The SHM board of directors envisions the...
Opinion

Early Mobility Program
- Author:
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
- Justin Psaila, MD, FHM
“I didn’t get out of bed for 10 days” —Anonymous patient admitted to a skilled nursing facility post-hospitalization for a COPD exacerbation...
Opinion

Empathy, Patients, and Caregivers
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Empathy—the feeling that you understand and share another person’s experiences and emotions: the ability to share someone else’s feelings. —...
Opinion

The Three-Year Plan
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Although 2019 may seem like a long way away, it isn’t too soon to start thinking about and preparing for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System...
Opinion

Bundled Payment and Hospital Medicine, Pt. 2
- Author:
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. In full disclosure, Dr.
Opinion

The Biggest Thing in Hospital Medicine Since Patient Safety?
- Author:
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Editor’s note: First of a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. Additionally, Dr.
Opinion

Much Ado about Hospital Quality
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
I have reported previously on major incentive programs under Medicare and the Affordable Care Act that affect hospitals and, by extension, their...
Opinion

A Practice Resolution
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
In the heart of the holiday season’s gluttony (and the challenges of staffing the holidays), we need something to get us excited for 2015.
Opinion

Homecare Will Help You Achieve the Triple Aim
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Hospitalists must begin to pay attention to the cost side of the value equation
News

State of the Art
- Author:
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
A conversation about team-based, unit-focused care with Emory hospitalist Jason Stein, MD, SFHM
News

Hospitalist Pay Shifts from Volume to Value with Global Payment System
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- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
How do we reward physicians for seeing more patients under a global payment system that encourages physicians and hospitals to do less?