Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: February 2, 2013
The delayed diagnosis of, or treatment for, a spinal epidural abcess (SEA) could easily result in a malpractice lawsuit for hospitalists
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: January 1, 2013
How the hospital medicine practice has changed greatly over the past three decades
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: December 1, 2012
What the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new pay-for-performance program means to hospitalists
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: November 1, 2012
Tips to keep physician CPT coding straight
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: August 28, 2012
Follow-up contact is the most potent patient-satisfaction tool
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: July 31, 2012
Service agreements, when adhered to, help solve admission disagreements.
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: July 2, 2012
Solutions for physician disagreements over patient admissions
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: May 24, 2012
Well-designed forms of nonmonetary compensation can have a greater impact on a hospitalist than providing a reward in dollars.
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: April 26, 2012
Ideally, all communication about the hospitalist as an individual and the whole system of hospitalist care should help reassure the patient. Sadly,...
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: April 2, 2012
Four key takeaways hospitalists need to be thinking about
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: March 30, 2012
This month I will focus on what can be thought of as the two components of “back end” throughput: effective management of length of sta...
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: February 29, 2012
Hospitals are likely to increase their customers’ satisfaction by improving “frontend” throughput from the ED to the inpatient un...
News
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: January 26, 2012
The measures matter to patients, info is publicly reported, and money is at risk.
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: December 21, 2011
Documentation improvement, regulatory acumen key maximization of Medicare dollars
Opinion
- Author:
- MHM
Publish date: November 30, 2011
Few U.S. hospitals operate without an HM service, but they do exist—for now.
