Hospitalist Medicine
For a Hospitalist Career, Call Me When You’re Ready to be Happy
by: Dr. Angela Aboutalib
There’s a particular conversation I’ve had with fellow hospitalist colleagues. I’ve had it so many times it’s almost like a tape recorder. Here’s how it goes: Them: Angie, I’m done. I’ve had it. I want to quit Me: Oh? Them: Yea. I’m going to look for another job. Me: Ok , I understand and I […]
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Integrated Acute Care: The Impact of a Patient Centered Admission Team
by: Dr. Robbin Dick
When patient care is a priority, there is a natural integration of more and more elements of the patient’s hospital experience, from their entry process through their stay and finally their discharge. Not only is integrating care delivery service more efficient at delivering care – it’s more effective. An integrated care delivery model starts with […]
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Shifting Perspectives: My Path Toward Achieving Physician Alignment
by: Dr. George Mitri
In healthcare, every physician, every group, every hospital, and every health system claims to be patient centric. Some succeed more than others. I’ve been practicing long enough to understand that as physicians working in different practice settings, the lens through which we view patient care and the organization around us inevitably changes. Different models of […]
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Sepsis Bundle Management Is a Signpost for Preparedness for The Future of Healthcare
by: Daniel Geary
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’ (CMS) sepsis bundle is a test for a hospital’s preparation for and ability to navigate the future of healthcare. Released in October of 2015, the sepsis bundle is far more complex than previous CMS quality metrics. It requires hospitals to produce longitudinal, detailed reporting on patient care spanning multiple departments. […]
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A Better Way to Manage Acute Care
November 3rd, 2016by: Dr. Tim Corvino
A few weeks ago, we received a letter from a patient who had recently been treated at one of our integrated acute care locations at Somerset Hospital. The patient had come to the emergency department and was ultimately admitted to the hospital. The letter detailed how grateful he was that the same physician assistant who […]
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