Covid memoir: burning out on the frontlines
IN EARLY MARCH 2020, Dhaval Desai, MD, returned to work from a 10-day paternity leave to find a transformed practice. The director of a...
Hospital at home: Impact on hospitalists, regulations
AS HOSPITALS BUILD out hospital at home programs, what can hospitalists expect?
"Your EHR is going to change a bit, and you're going to start...
SPECIAL REPORT
Patient Safety
Hospital at home: Which patients are eligible?
WHEN THE MAYO CLINIC started its home hospital program several years ago, it focused on hospitalists' bread-and-butter conditions like CHF, COPD and pneumonia. But...
Career
A look at average shift lengths for hospitalists
WHAT'S A TYPICAL shift length for hospitalists? According to data from the 2023 Today's Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey, the average shift length for...
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November 28, 2023
In early March 2020, Dhaval Desai, MD,...
Clinical work
Treating stroke: this year’s headlines
WHEN IT COMES to advances in managing stroke in the hospital, it's been a pretty impressive couple of years. That's according to S. Andrew...
Quality improvement
Hospitalist length of stay: a measure past its time
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS abound in health care: denial rates, collection percentages, average case mix index and many more. One of the most common metrics...
News Briefs
What are health systems doing to attract and retain nurses?
What are health systems doing to attract and retain nurses?
IN A NEW SURVEY of health system executives, more than 90% admitted that their nursing shortage...
Patient Flow
Do early discharges boost throughput?
IT'S BECOME THE GO-TO TACTIC in many hospitals to try to speed up throughput: having hospitalists prioritize early discharges to clear out beds. Morning...
Satisfaction/Burnout
Covid memoir: burning out on the frontlines
IN EARLY MARCH 2020, Dhaval Desai, MD, returned to work from a 10-day paternity leave to find a transformed practice. The director of a...
Coding
How’s it going with the new E/M inpatient coding changes?
LANDMARK REFORMS in inpatient evaluation and management (E/M) CPT codes took effect at the beginning of this year, the biggest changes in hospital coding...
