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Timely COVID-19 updates for hospitalists Click here for timely updates on COVID-19 UPDATES ON COVID-19 Septic shock: diagnosis and management Phyllis Maguire - April 2020 0 Hospitalist ROI Edward Doyle - April 2020 0 No joke: improving respiratory rate readings Phyllis Maguire - April 2020 0 Social admissions and prolonged services Sue A. Lewis, RN, CPC, PCS - April 2020 0 How hospitalists are preparing for—or fighting—coronavirus Phyllis Maguire - April 2020 0 April 2020 Tiered safety huddles target zero harm Patient Safety Phyllis Maguire - April 2020 Bonuses and incentives: What’s in your wallet? Poll Today's Hospitalist - April 2020 COVID-19 viability on surfaces News Briefs Today's Hospitalist - April 2020 Should you steer clear of your own family? Phyllis Maguire - April 2020 0 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... Gender gaps in hospitalist pay and productivity Today's Hospitalist - April 2020 0 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 Today’s Hospitalist Compensation & Career Survey show that there is a wage gap and that... VTE Prophylaxis Special Report Today's Hospitalist - December 2019 0 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? David A. Frenz, MD - March 2020 3 BACK IN JANUARY, I wrote a cautionary column about the various financial pressures squeezing hospitals ("Stress test on economic trends" ). I'm continuing the... Billing team conferences? Not so fast December 2019 Billing NP/PA hospital services: Are shared visits always the right strategy? August 2019 Steer clear of copy and paste June 2019 Waxing nostalgic May 2019 Patient flow How hospitalists handle admission requests from the emergency department Phyllis Maguire - August 2019 Your patient is going to a SNF Phyllis Maguire - July 2019 Discharge strategies June 2019 Early discharges: They’re complicated March 2019 Surgical redesign delivers earlier discharges January 2019 Does that patient really need to be admitted? November 2018 How to streamline discharges October 2018 The (many) problems with transfers September 2018 Compensation Gender gaps in hospitalist pay and productivity Today's Hospitalist - April 2020 0 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... Is the bull market for compensation over? November 2019 What do bonuses and incentives for hospitalists look like? August 2019 On the Wards Cut back on antibiotics in pneumonia inpatients Phyllis Maguire - September 2019 0 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 Surviving physician staffing shortages John Krisa, MD - January 2020 Physician communication: You can’t always get what you want Kevin Sowti, MD - December 2019 Going vertical: documentation at the bedside Stephen L. Green, MD - November 2019 Clinical C. diff walks into a hospital … Phyllis Maguire - March 2020 0 HOSPITALS CONTINUE to marshal resources to control patients with symptomatic C. difficile, using contact precautions with gowns and gloves along with scrupulous hand hygiene... The race to identify sepsis early February 2020 Treating inpatient lung infections: the latest recommendations January 2020 View entire April 2020 issue here. Last Month's Issue Note bloat: problems with cut and paste March 2020 How many shifts a month do hospitalists work? March 2020 Letters of intent: When should you sign? March 2020 Communication skills mitigate conflict March 2020 C. diff walks into a hospital … March 2020 A look at IMG hospitalists March 2020 Peer coaching can relieve physician burnout March 2020 Hospital medicine conference 2020 March 2020 What’s your payer mix? March 2020 Coronavirus stories for—and about—physicians March 2020 Editor's Picks Physician communication: You can’t always get what you want December 2019 Working up syncope in the hospital December 2019 Getting smart about comp plans January 2019 Telemedicine: How one service line may lead to (many) others February 2020 Who’s working nights and weekends? February 2020 Breaking the telemetry habit December 2019 Surgical redesign delivers earlier discharges January 2019 Good medicine? 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