Articles Tagged With: physician
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Case Study: Small-Town Hospital Adopted Telemedicine
Two years ago, Dosher Memorial Hospital was losing one of its three hospitalists. This small-town hospital in Southport, NC, needed to fill the slot quickly, which had never been easy. Yet without that hospitalist, there would be no overnight coverage.
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The Fine Line Between Tragedy and Comedy
Lynette Charity, MD, a board-certified physician and anesthesiologist, was on the ledge of a bridge ready to jump to her death. She measured the distance and the rate of fall in her mind, hoping she would hit a rock rather than drown. That was 22 years ago. Today, she is a public speaker and stand-up comic, using humor to address burnout and suicide among healthcare workers.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Risk Behavior and Toxoplasma; Embolic Risk and Vegetation Size; Recertification: Is There a Better Way?
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How Many Personnel Are Required for Antimicrobial Stewardship? More Than You Have at Your Hospital
A work group in the Veterans Administration determined that the necessary staffing of antimicrobial stewardship programs dealing with inpatients (including long-term care) is 1.0 clinical pharmacy specialist with infectious disease knowledge and 0.25 physician (preferably trained in infectious disease) per 100 occupied beds. Needs for outpatient stewardship, which is now mandated, were not included in the assessment.
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Leading Causes of CAM Nondisclosure
More than 40% of patients report nondisclosure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM; also known as integrative medicine treatments) to their primary care physicians. They cite failure of physicians to initiate conversation on CAM, coupled with a belief that physicians do not need to know about CAM usage, as key factors in nondisclosure, according to patient survey.
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Competition Improves Physician Quality, But Tread Carefully
Showing doctors where they stand compared to others can be effective, but if you go about in a ham-handed way it can backfire.
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Case Study 2: LWBS Rates Drop
Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, OR, had an ED struggling to keep up with demand for years. The ED had so many patients that its left without being seen statistics were about 8%, well over the industry average of 2%. The ED overcame this problem with the strategic use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners. -
Review Every Patient, Every Day to Ensure Appropriate Reimbursement
When case managers concentrate only on getting the patient status right up front and then review only selected patients and review them every few days, it’s likely to have a big effect on the financial health of the hospital, says Brian Pisarsky, RN, MHA, ACM, associate director of Emeryville, CA-based Berkeley Research Group.
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New Study: Unhappy Physicians Cut Back Workhours
Concerned about the physician shortage? Then keep your physicians happy. -
Jury Awards Man’s Estate $950,000 After Physician Failed to Adequately Test for His Heart Condition
In 2008, a man went to a hospital complaining of chest pains. The man’s treating physician at the hospital administered tests and diagnosed him with a peptic ulcer.