December 2008
Hospitalists learn to look beyond a cure
“And this year’s Hospy goes to …”
The truth behind the team cliches
Confused by all the company you keep?
New opportunities to stay flexible
Snapshot of C. difficile shows higher incidence
For IMGs, a tougher immigration climate
Bringing “a light touch” to prescribing guidelines
Tips for treating children with autism
Studies that just may change your practice
Filling the gap between observation units and the wards
Stress tests: Judgment trumps evidence
A new twist on a venerable literary tradition
A new test to target tight glycemic control
Do hospitalists get a bad rap from satisfaction surveys?
Frustrated trying to manage opioid-dependent patients?
November 2008
Procedures: Are we the go-to doctors of the future?
A timeless classic comes to an end
Hospitalists as rolling stones
In the program director’s hot seat
New consensus on preventing infections
A musical Rx for palliative care
Why hospitalists and ED doctors “drop the baton”
State-of-the-art data trip over the bottom line
The one-stop site for quality improvement
A timeless classic comes to an end
Is your group in good financial health?
Getting serious about perioperative delirium
UTIs: no longer another cost of doing business
October 2008
Why some specialists feel left out
What Medicare’s new payment proposals might mean for you
A vast hospitalist conspiracy?
What can enhance “or poison “career satisfaction? Hospitalist positions that work best for you.
A welcome break from Western medicine
Would you recognize stroke in a child?
One hospital’s solution to being overwhelmed at night
Present on admission: What are hospitals doing about the no-pay policy?
Planning to hire midlevels? Consider your liability
Study finds big gaps in barcode safety
How to avoid common coding misconceptions
Palliative care delivers big cost savings
New sepsis guidelines: Treat within six hours
September 2008
The (hospitalist) cycle of life: Week on!
“Strive for five” not just for the food pyramid anymore
How to code for present on admission
Designing a career for the long haul
What do private practice and night shifts have in common?
Competing hospitals get ahead by playing nice
Getting to the heart of physician satisfaction
CMS sends out first PQRI payments
“Strive for five” “not just for the food pyramid anymore
A new debate surfaces over hospital medicine
Giving patients back some dignity
Evidence that will change how you treat end-stage liver disease
Financial support from the hospital? Not for these groups
August 2008
Internal medicine as contact sport
The rules that govern critical care codes
Cutting through the job-market hype
New tricks for a robust centenarian
Critical care for the pregnant inpatient
One hospital’s success with VTE screening
Help with apparent life-threatening events
The dos and don’ts of exclusive contracts
Trying to get a handle on drug errors?
Bad behavior takes center stage
The controversy heats up over steroids for COPD
Clueless about what your group earns and spends?
Should you be comanaging patients?
July 2008
The push is on for multidisciplinary rounds
Trying to beat the competition
Is your documentation up to par?
How to spot early warning signs of acute renal failure
Taking full advantage when the stakes are low
One program’s big payoff from “an extra set of eyes”
High error rate creates new urgency for CPOE
Time to sign up for pay for reporting
Medicare plans to test bundled payments
Practical tips for better handoffs
Problems with patients post-discharge? Pick up the phone
Transfusion medicine: What trigger thresholds should you use?
The year’s most influential studies
June 2008
A marriage proposal: hospital medicine and critical care
Too much attention to the bottom line “or too little?”
What can you negotiate in a contract?
New options for handling disruptive patients
The final word on pediatric rapid response teams?
Children are not small adults … except when they are
Hospitalists miss the mark on handheld ultrasound
Why heart failure patients are really readmitted
The right and wrong ways to bill subsequent visits
More conditions may land on the no-pay list
One physician’s focus on a tiny scourge
“You don’t need a weatherman … “
It’s time to get up to speed on wound care
New thinking on resuscitation techniques
Avoiding both overdiagnosis and undertreatment in critical care
Seven strategies to help you manage “or prevent “delirium
May 2008
Having trouble finding good moonlighters?
Recruiting: Should we bring it in-house?
Children are not small adults … except when they are
Taking a grown-up approach to growing your business
Acute heart failure: how to cut down on “frequent flyers”
Do you know how “and how much “hospitalists are paid?
Working locally to reduce disparities
How to make your point with pictures
Admitting from the ED? Welcome to the gray zone
Red flags to look for in employment contracts
Can’t tell a consult from a referral? Read on
New recommendations target hospitalist shortage
Ultrasound system helps detect patient falls
Who should you screen for MRSA?
Should hospitalists admit hip fractures?
High-yield strategies for cranial nerve testing
April 2008
Should hospitalists be caring for these patients?
Hospital medicine: the new minor leagues?
And the new compensation survey says …
The right way to bill consults
Go-ahead for quality initiative, PQRI’s first scorecard
Is moonlighting right for you?
Drawing the line at psychiatric co-management
How to match insulin regimens to different nutritional needs
What should you say after “hello”?
High-yield strategies for a neurological exam
Wall Street gives hospital medicine a warm welcome
For this hospitalist, surgery is his oasis
One hospital’s successful efforts to vanquish pressure ulcers
March 2008
Tired of running from floor to floor?
Goodbye hand cramps, hello carpal tunnel
New skills for front-line hospitalists: interviewing candidates
Mastering the art of the sign-out
Looking for faster ways to identify heart failure patients?
New services snapshot, VTE prophylaxis rates, Online survey results, hospitalist CME, more
Hospital medicine’s next round of innovations
Charting 101: making sure your documentation is on time and legible
Is it time to call the admitologist?
New thinking on antibiotic timing in CAP patients
Hyperbaric therapy: growing demand for a new service line
Hospitalists grapple with Rx drug abuse
Supervising procedures: too important to leave to residents?
February 2008
How does your group measure up to the latest study on hospitalists?
Hospitalist teams: Are you storming or performing?
Another slice of internal medicine: comprehensivist?
What does it take to be a good leader?
Has hospital medicine reached a turning point?
Great quality stats? Stellar satisfaction scores? Tell that to your customers
Should you start a pediatric sedation service?
How to parse out the possible causes of meningitis
“Wake up and breathe” protocol cuts patient time on the ventilator
Time-to-shock results, UTI prevention, research grants
Answers to your questions on observation and discharge codes
Hospitalists get their own suite of software
Bridging the inpatient-outpatient gap
The five stages of hospital medicine
Hospitalists “geriatricize” the discharge process
January 2008
Feeling pressure to admit surgical patients?
Time to call the admitologist?
Co-management: too much of a good thing?
The CPT code changes that hospitalists need to know
How to design quality incentives
Hospital medicine: getting to the next level
Incentive bonuses, night work, missed periop opportunities, more
Managing symptoms? Try looking beyond disease
ACS patients: strategies for testing, anticoagulation and assessment
How much do you boost your hospital’s bottom line?
Are you being rewarded for the value you bring?
A preop evaluation service delivers unexpected benefits
New reference takes aim at all of hospital medicine