December 2009
Are you OK taking care of this patient?
Cheer up, you could have been a lawyer!
2009: Changing jobs, and the other side of the stethoscope
A hospitalist’s letter to Santa
Lessons learned from starting an oncology service
A look at hospitalist teaching duties
Making TV a teachable moment for patients
Finding the right nurse for the right patient
A walk in my best friend’s shoes
Avoiding some big holes in reimbursement
Is it time to put “no blame” in the corner?
November 2009
H1N1 is here. How will you pump up your staffing?
Hospitalists and patient satisfaction: Another value-added metric?
Toward a more rational tort system
Small changes promote better sleep
Do hospitalists really provide better care?
How to bill for critical care services
New options for patients with cirrhosis
Liability mistakes you want to avoid
October 2009
Tough balancing act for teaching hospitals
“We’ve come a long way, baby!”
What’s happening with hospitalist productivity
Hospital medicine: Too big to fail?
Dear subspecialty fellowship directors
Medicine that comes with a “warranty”
Sounding an alarm on bundled payments
What’s happening with hospitalist compensation
The hospital medicine job market: a changing landscape
Commas, adjectives and an occasional noun
Getting back to the issue of health care costs
Now available: swine flu vaccine
Software that takes a broad view of health care
Hospital medicine: Too big to fail?
A look at hospitalist leadership within hospitals
Smoothing out the transition from residency to practice
Getting patient flow back on track
September 2009
Your practice is growing. Are your leaders still a good fit?
The good and bad news from the staffing world
Hospitalists: secret agents of cost control?
My two cents on health care reform
Answers to (complicated) questions on observation
Coping with hospital medicine’s success
The fall line-up of hospitalist CME
A green light for better hand hygiene
Making the most of the hospital-medicine lifestyle
Hospitalists: secret agents of cost control?
A look at hospitalist part-timers
Medication reconciliation done right
Confusing evidence emerges on insulin glargine
Lessons learned from round 1 of swine flu
August 2009
The end of transfusion as a “default procedure”?
What it takes to be a hospitalist
Developing leaders: much more than lip service
Bringing hand-carried ultrasound to the bedside
Winning approaches to community coverage
The pressure is on to treat pressure ulcers
A look at hospitalist vacation time
July 2009
Going where the grass is greener
Getting a seat at the reform table
Health care reform: the Sermo survey
The reform solution: Cash for Clunkers
A walk in my best friend’s shoes
Throwing good money after bad (Doc Scream 2)
Are you seeing more patients per shift?
Guidelines widen tPA window, with caveats
Can’t tell a consult from comanagement?
Free service helps pinpoint antibiotic resistance
What’s the ideal number of patients to see?
A window opens on gainsharing arrangements
June 2009
Have a problem with readmissions?
Casino billboards and hospital medicine
Wall Street, lawyers and doctors
Business as usual: the AMA’s opposition
Has the economy slowed the growth of hospital medicine?
Taking a bite out of readmissions
Is your patient leaving against medical advice?
Transfers, procedures, discharge: How do you bill?
Not your parents’ news and CME
A passionate advocate for in-house physicians
Getting a sedation service off the ground
Which neurologic imaging does your patient need?
A look at hospitalist prescribing patterns
May 2009
Making the switch from IV to sub-Q insulin
Is it cold-turkey time for the free lunch?
Comanagement: revisiting the rules of engagement
SHM 2009: Something is going to happen.
“What do you mean by ‘dizzy’?”
My professional midlife crisis
The ins and outs of prolonged service ICD-9 codes – timing and documentation
RoboHospitalist: the battle begins
The “new problem” of unnecessary readmissions
Doctors bring same-day service to treadmill testing
New toolkit helps standardize disaster-response initiatives
A virtual lounge for doctors only
My professional midlife crisis
Making error disclosure a “team sport”
A look at hospitalist productivity
April 2009
The hospitalist guide to consultants
Moving up the leadership ladder – Prime hospitalist positions and further options
Poor communication=unrealistic expectations
Robot “hospitalist” now helps pull the night shift
Is health care reform about to arrive in your hospital?
Cutting down on “wasted beds” eases gridlock
When volume pushes hospitals over the edge
Who bills for what in comanagement?
A look at night work for hospitalists
Poor communication leads to unrealistic expectations
Pediatric literature plays catch-up on medical errors
Today’s big headlines in stroke care
March 2009
Trouble getting along with the ED?
A lottery for patient compliance?
Fellowship and certification: What’s in a name?
The common-sense evidence behind RRTs
A new reality check for rapid response teams
Treating pain in patients maintained on methadone or buprenorphine
Where do you weigh in on rapid response teams?
Gauging the effectiveness of flu shots
For one hospitalist group, talk isn’t cheap
Do you make these common charge mistakes?
Personal discipline and “quieting of the mind”
The common-sense evidence behind RRTs
A look at paid time off for hospitalists
New advances in pneumonia care
February 2009
The brave new world of electronic communications
Certification controversy, Part 2
Closing the loop on readmissions
Do we make too much money? Version 2.0
Hospitalists extend their reach in U.S. hospitals
Hospitalists score big with “black-belt QI”
Find yourself in the middle of multiple doctors?
A new twist on a tool to track infections
Hospital care in the shadow of Punxsutawney Phil
Family rounds: fewer pages, better care
Which PE patients have a higher risk of adverse outcomes?
January 2009
Hard times and hospital medicine
Mr. President: hospitalists and health care costs
Rationing: coming to a hospital near you!
hos-pit-tal-ism: Should we claim the word for our own?
What’s on the table as far as benefits?
What’s bundled and what’s not?
A new test for a young specialty
Re-engineering the “voltage drop”
Touching the trauma behind the disease
A study takes aim at rapid response teams
A new consultant with a long track record
Rationing: coming to a hospital near you!