Hospitalist tips: How to code for discharge services
Hospital discharge codes 99238 and 99239 are to report the total duration of time you spend on the date of discharge. Find out what activities can contribute to the total time billed.
Top 10 health care IT blogs
Technology has changed the way hospitals approach healthcare. Check out these 10 top Health IT blogs.
Top 10 holiday gifts for emergency medicine and hospital medicine doctors
Wondering what to give that doctor in your life this holiday? Here’s a list that contains a variety of gifts we guarantee they will love, arranged by price, to fit all budgets.
Nursing Shortage Effect on the Health Care Industry: Current Trends, Future Growth
Read about the current and future effects of nursing shortages on the healthcare industry.
Virtual scribe program innovates EMR documentation, improves patient care
What is a virtual scribe and how does it work? We break down the concept and the documentation benefits it can have in the emergency medicine or hospital medicine setting.
The role of customer satisfaction in patient care
Patients expect competence in emergency physicians. Learn what else you can add to improve patient satisfaction in care.
ICD-10: Issues, challenges for 2016
Read more about what pressing issues and challenges remain for hospital staff after implementing ICD-10.
Zika: Innocuous, baby-killer, or harbinger of viruses to come?
The World Health Organization declared last week that the Zika Virus is an international health emergency, calling it an ‘extraordinary event.’
Taking the leap from family medicine to rural emergency medicine
One ED doctor, George Belkowski, MD, shares his experience shifting from family medicine clinical training to emergency department clinical work.
Hospital Medicine: Past, Present, and Future
Hospital Medicine is the fastest growing specialty in American medical history. Find out what SCP is doing to advance HM.