Timely COVID-19 updates for hospitalists
WHILE YOU'RE TREATING coronavirus in the hospital, what's the right approach to safeguarding the health of your family? Three hospitalists talked to us about what they've decided to do to help not bring the virus home.
Opting for what may...
How many patient encounters do hospitalists see per shift—and what number do they think is reasonable? According to data from the 2019 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, hospitalists as a group see an average of just under 17 patient...
New data find reduced bleeding risk for DOACs in extended VTE prophylaxis
Recent studies have shown that oral anticoagulants can decrease VTE risk when used for extended prophylaxis, but physicians have worried—rightly so—that the bleeding risks outweighed the benefits of...
Coding
What’s your payer mix?
BACK IN JANUARY, I wrote a cautionary column about the various financial pressures squeezing hospitals ("Stress test on economic trends" ). I'm continuing the...
Compensation
Gender gaps in hospitalist pay and productivity
What kinds of differences exist between male and female hospitalists when it comes to pay and workload?
In terms of pay, data from the 2019...
On the Wards
Cut back on antibiotics in pneumonia inpatients
A GROWING NUMBER of randomized trials and systematic reviews continues to confirm that "shorter is better" when it comes to treating pneumonia with antibiotics,...
Commentary
Clinical
Septic shock: diagnosis and management
IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST emergencies hospitalists deal with: patients going into shock, usually from sepsis.
But as new research and recommendations about sepsis come...
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Technology
Note bloat: problems with cut and paste
AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR of the hospitalist program at Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wis., Steven Phillipson, MD, has long known that note bloat and...
Career
Patient encounters: daytime hospitalists vs. nocturnists
How many patient encounters do hospitalists see per shift—and what number do they think is reasonable? According to data from the 2019 Today’s Hospitalist...
By the Numbers
What’s your payer mix?
BACK IN JANUARY, I wrote a cautionary column about the various financial pressures squeezing hospitals ("Stress test on economic trends" ). I'm continuing the...
Satisfaction/Burnout
A look at hospitalist job satisfaction
HOW SATISFIED are hospitalists with their careers? According to data from the 2018 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, 84% of hospitalists say they’re...
Career Center
Coronavirus lessons learned
We asked hospitalist sources in our articles for this month’s issue what they have learned while treating coronavirus patients. Check out our slide show...