Dr. Whitcomb is chief medical officer of Remedy Partners. He is co-founder and past president of SHM. E-mail him at [email protected].
Opinion
Thinking Outside the DRG Box
Alternative payment models reward post-acute-care value over in-hospital savings
News
Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value
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
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'
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
“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
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
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
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?
Editor’s note: First of a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. Additionally, Dr.
Opinion
Much Ado about Hospital Quality
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
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
Hospitalists must begin to pay attention to the cost side of the value equation
News
State of the Art
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
How do we reward physicians for seeing more patients under a global payment system that encourages physicians and hospitals to do less?