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Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM

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

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Female physicians, lower mortality, lower readmissions: A case study

Author:
Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
Publish date: January 20, 2017
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Opinion

Thinking Outside the DRG Box

Author:
Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM

Alternative payment models reward post-acute-care value over in-hospital savings

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Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value

Author:
Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM

An important area to pay particular attention to is the role of future hospitalizations in patients’ wishes for care

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Opinion

8 Lessons for Hospitalists Turned Entrepreneurs

Author:
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...

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Opinion

Revisiting the ‘Key Principles and Characteristics of an Effective Hospital Medicine Group'

Author:
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...

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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...

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Opinion

Empathy, Patients, and Caregivers

Author:
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. —...

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Opinion

The Three-Year Plan

Author:
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...

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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.

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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.

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Opinion

Much Ado about Hospital Quality

Author:
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...

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Opinion

A Practice Resolution

Author:
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.

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Opinion

Homecare Will Help You Achieve the Triple Aim

Author:
Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM

Hospitalists must begin to pay attention to the cost side of the value equation

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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

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News

Hospitalist Pay Shifts from Volume to Value with Global Payment System

Author:
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?

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