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Health Reform & Hospital Medicine

WEBRob Bessler wrote I had the honor representing both Sound and the Society of Hospital Medicine on a visit to the White House last Thursday to meet with the Policy Director for …

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Public Health Archives

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The Things We Say to Our Patients That We Should Be More …

WEBWith the increased focus on patient satisfaction and improving the healthcare experience, how we communicate with our patients is becoming more important than ever. And it’s …

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Tips for Hospitalists Attending Health Hackathons

WEBby Edward Ma, MD, SFHM Hospitalists play an important role in creating the healthcare systems of the future. That’s the lesson I took away from the Independence/Jefferson …

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Strengthening Team Culture With the 6H Model

WEBBy utilizing the 6H model, leaders can help their team navigate the sea of burnout by nurturing relatedness. By working to remedy their team’s individual and collective …

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Google Health: A View From the Inside

WEBGoogle Health launched on Monday, which sent the world’s Google-watchers into a tizzy. I serve on Google Health’s Advisory Council – which met all day Tuesday – and so here’s …

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Let’s #JHMChat About Physicians’ Mental Health

WEBIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, October’s #JHMChat focused on physicians’ mental health. It was inspired by this article from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, …

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Making the Implicit Explicit

WEBLast month, I wrote about some interesting workplace trends, in particular about how the implied compact between U.S. workers and their employers is evolving rapidly. Few of …

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The System Firsthand

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Three Short Stories That Illustrate Key Healthcare Lessons

WEBIn my travels, I frequently hear short stories that help illuminate my work and world. Here are three recent examples; think of them as little health policy tapas.I recently spoke in …

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What's a Cost, Charge, and Price

WEBPrices from a chargemaster are “what a drunken billionaire would pay a hospital if his wife were not around to control the bastard.” — Uwe Reinhardt You might be asking why …

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Why 7 On/7 Off Doesn’t Meet the Needs of Long

WEBBy: Lauren Doctoroff, MD Much has been written about the loss of the perspective of the primary care doctor for hospitalized patients and the impact on their hospitalization. …

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Patient Safety’s First Scandal: The Sad Case of Chuck Denham

WEBIn retrospect – always in retrospect – it should have been obvious that, when it came to Dr. Charles Denham, something was not quite right. In a remarkable number of cases of …

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Pareto's Principle in Hospital Medicine

WEBThere are certain universal laws that appear to govern the broader workings of the world around us. For those of you unfamiliar with Pareto’s Principle, it’s a concept that was …

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The Color-Coded Wristband Saga

WEBLast week’s New York Times front-page piece on colored wristbands highlighted an issue I’ve been fretting about for years. We can achieve consensus on a $700B bailout in 3 …

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Wachter's World Content

WEBAs of January 2017, Wachter’s World has become a part of The Hospital Leader, the official blog of the Society of Hospital Medicine. The content you are trying to find is still …

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Confrontation vs. Collaboration

WEBby Drs. Kenneth R. Epstein MD, MBA, FACP, FHM and Kenneth J. Heinrich MD, FACEP “I can’t believe that he didn’t even get a CT scan before he called me.” “Why does she …

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My Interview With Health Policy Expert Mark Smith

WEBMark Smith, MD, MBA, was the founding CEO of the California HealthCare Foundation; he served in that role for 17 years before stepping down last year. I’ve known Mark since …

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