Trends in Hospitalist Satisfaction
Cardiac care
Over-diagnosing MIs? Low-key feedback can help
Published in the February 2018 Today's Hospitalist
AN INFORMAL COMMUNICATION APPROACH has been the linchpin of an intervention to successfully reduce possible over-diagnosing of myocardial...
Quality improvement
How to deliver more cost-conscious care
Published in the November 2017 issue of Today's Hospitalist
IN THE PURSUIT of more cost-effective care, researchers have identified some things that don't work. One...
Patient satisfaction
Moving beyond small talk to real issues
Published in the December 2017 issue of Today's Hospitalist
DOCTORS KNOW that patients are more than a collection of symptoms and clinical complaints, but that...
Infectious Disease
ID emergencies
Published in the August 2017 issue of Today's Hospitalist
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS, spinal epidural abscess and necrotizing soft tissue infection are urgent conditions that hospitalists need...
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Editor's Picks
Working with other specialties
A look at specialist support and comanagement
Published in the June 2018 issue of Today's Hospitalist
WANT MORE DATA about hospitalist pay, work hours and more? Check out our 2017 Salary Survey Results. Interested...
Career
How do group leaders divide their time?
Published in the June 2018 issue of Today's Hospitalist
FOR THE PAST YEAR, Sushama Brimmer, MD, says she's come close to experiencing "nirvana." That's how...
Technology
CT to PET scans: What hospitalists need to know
Published in the October 2017 issue of Today's Hospitalist
RADIOLOGISTS are often the punch line of medical jokes, given how often they may try to...
Satisfaction/Burnout
Quality of life and the EMR
Published in the June 2018 issue of Today's Hospitalist
BACKGROUND: I'm currently a sixth grader residing in Ohio. My parents are physicians (internal medicine and...
Career Center
A look at hospitalist career satisfaction
Satisfaction and burnout have always been big concerns of hospitalists, something that that continues to be true today. On the 2017 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation...