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These cases and commentary, which address COPD, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2011
Conference coverage: potential benefits, limitations of ACO model discussed
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) were the topic of much speculation and debate at two recent conferences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/16/2.htm
16 Feb 2011
Top Docs
Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010
Documenting altered mental status
When a patient is admitted with an acute change in mental status, the physician should drill down to determine the known or suspected causes of the change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/coding.htm
15 May 2010
Reporting malnutrition
Documenting malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis helps establish the severity of an underlying illness, improves publicly reported data, and can increase reimbursement to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2009
Just for the record
A computer crash prompts reflection on EHRs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2009
Costs at any price?
Comparison tools may be flawed but consumer demand keeps growing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/costs.htm
15 Jun 2008
Collaborating across the miles
ICUs, hospitalists, intensivists improve outcomes for the critically ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/collab.htm
15 Apr 2008
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
CMS quality demo pays dividends for hospitals, but not always financially
Results from the first three years of the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) suggest that while bonuses were something to shoot for, they weren't the primary motivators for most participants. Instead, some hospitals viewed their participation as an opportunity to implement a tracking system, identify areas for improvement and see how they stacked up against other hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cover-story.htm
15 Sep 2007