Wachter: Why Home Hospitals Are Not a Threat Wachter: Why Home Hospitals Are Not a Threat
The future of hospitalists is safe because factors other than the lower cost of care seem to be affecting the uptake of the home hospital, experts report.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Megamergers, Microhospitals Upend Care Models Megamergers, Microhospitals Upend Care Models
As traditional full-service acute care hospitals are phased out, hospitalists will be in demand in the areas of postacute and palliative care, according to the CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Patients Prefer PCPs Over Hospitalists While in Hospital Patients Prefer PCPs Over Hospitalists While in Hospital
A recent study found that hospital patients who received care from their PCP had higher discharge rates and lower 30-day mortality rates.Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

6 Characteristics of an Effective Hospitalist Mentoring Program 6 Characteristics of an Effective Hospitalist Mentoring Program
No two hospitalist mentoring programs are alike. What traits do the most successful ones share?Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Article Source Type: news

Hospital Medicine - Medscape Hospital Medicine - Medscape
The latest news, perspectives and hospital medicine-related research for practicing hospitalists. (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Resource Center Source Type: news

Sepsis Alerts, Better Sleep, Handoffs Top Hospital Meeting Sepsis Alerts, Better Sleep, Handoffs Top Hospital Meeting
Hospitalists will hear about the impact of the specialty and new challenges emerging at the Society of Hospital Medicine 2018 Meeting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Critical Care News Source Type: news

McGuire Group adds specialty telemedicine unit at Garden Gate
McGuire Group is introducing a new specialty care program at its Garden Gate Health Care Facility in Cheektowaga. The Complex Medical Care Unit (CMCU) will outfit patients with portable WiFi/cellular cardiac monitors, which register real-time data 24 hours a day, allowing physicians to watch for serious medical situations and intervene immediately. Developed in partnership with Dr. Ray Ogra and Dr. Matthew S mith, hospitalists from Buffalo Medical Group, the CMCU system combines increased medical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - March 9, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news

My Job Isn't to Move Patients Quickly
(MedPage Today) -- A hospitalist is tired of being a cog in a machine (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 8, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Fewer HF Readmissions After Cardiology vs Hospitalist Care Fewer HF Readmissions After Cardiology vs Hospitalist Care
Readmissions at 30 days were up for discharged patients with heart failure cared for on the general medicine service. A possible fix: more opportunities for hospitalists to learn strategies for optimal heart failure care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 22, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Should Hospitalists Pursue the Focused Practice Option? Should Hospitalists Pursue the Focused Practice Option?
Will the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine pathway solve the hospitalist branding problem and define the specialty? Are there any downsides to consider?Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news

HSHS signs on with staffing firm that terminated contract with Memorial
Vituity will provide staffing for the emergency, hospitalist and intensivist programs at the five hospitals in HSHS ’s southern Illinois region. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - February 6, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Angela Mueller Source Type: news

Special Report: Hospitalists, Emergency Physicians, and Cross-Subsidization
No abstract available (Source: Emergency Medicine News)
Source: Emergency Medicine News - February 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Special Report Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: B. pertussis & Rib Fracture / Alcohol Use Disorder Guidelines / Pittsburgh ID Opportunity
Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM.org Specialty – Primary Care/Hospitalist: Images in Clinical Medicine: A 66-year-old woman presented... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 23, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: NEJM Website Gets Redesign / Trehalose & C. diff / Ohio Hospitalist Opportunity
Take a look at today ' s offering from NEJM Group: New England Journal of Medicine: Editorial and Video: NEJM is pleased to announce the launch of... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 23, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Toxic Alcohols Review / How Many Antiplatelets to Prevent Recurrent Stroke? / California Primary Care Opportunity
Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM Primary Care/Hospitalist Section: Review article: Poisonings by the toxic alcohols (methanol, ethylene glycol... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - January 22, 2018 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news