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• FHM designation gives hospitalists long-awaited recognition: What it takes to be a Fellow of Hospital Medicine

  The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) earlier this year introduced the first class of fellows in hospital medicine (FHM), a designation that feels, to many, well deserved after more than a decade of fighting for their place in the medical community.

• Joint Commission Alert puts leaders behind the wheel of patient safety: Steps for navigating the road ahead

  With the release of Sentinel Event Alert #43, The Joint Commission is driving home a message that regulators have been sending to hospitals for years: leaders need to take an active role in preventing medical errors.

• Reader survey: Who gets to keep the medical records?

  As editor of Medical Staff Briefing and Medical Staff Leader Connection, I write frequently about the need for collegiality between hospitals and their medical staffs. It’s an ever present issue, and I want to hear from you about your organization’s practice.

• Do you have a disruptive/impaired physician policy?

  HCPro wants to hear from you! Every month, we post a new interactive poll question on our Web site. To answer this month's question regarding whether your facility has a disruptive/impaired physician policy, click here.

• Tip of the week: Train physician reviewers to do effective case reviews

  Physicians have reviewed case charts from their first days of medical school, but they are rarely taught to do so formally. What should they be looking for when they are handed a folder filled with a patient’s medical records?

• Ask the expert: Who should set physician performance targets?

  When determining what data to collect to evaluate physician competence, it is critical that the medical staff sets targets for excellent and acceptable performance. This is generally done by the medical staff quality committee, which asks each department for recommendations for specialty-specific indicators.

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