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Tag: November Medicine Matters

CLINICAL HIGHLIGHT: ACUTE CARE SPECIAL PATHOGENS UNIT– A QUICK GLANCE THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR

10/30/2020

By Charles Magee, MD Perspective can become distorted or lost if we allow too much time between glances into the rearview mirror. I want to take a moment to share…

Community Engagement in the Department of Medicine: Our road ahead

10/28/2020

The country, the state, and our community in Central Virginia are living with unprecedented challenges where a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic and the exacerbation of ethnic tensions…

Hospital Medicine Faculty Profile – Joseph Hall

11/4/2019

Why healthcare? I initially became involved in healthcare as an Occupational Therapist, out of a desire to help people in a tangible way to achieve more independence and normalcy in…

Hospital Medicine Staff Profile – Travis Key

11/4/2019

Why Healthcare? I didn’t set out to work in healthcare but when I started as a Health Unit Coordinator; I realized how comfortable I am in the environment and it…

Billing Team Spotlight Profile – Brianne Thomas

11/4/2019

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been with UVA Physicians Group for a little over a year now. I started out in the Insurance Processing Unit at…

Hospital Medicine Faculty Profile – Alex Millard

11/1/2019

Why Healthcare? It’s a pretty typical story; like most, I liked the intersection of applying science in a way that directly helps people. What brought you to Charlottesville? I came…

Hospital Medicine Faculty Profile – Charles Magee

11/1/2019

Why Healthcare? Discovering the secrets of the body and using this knowledge to heal the patient invokes a certain mysticism and personal connection that is rarely found in our world…

Hospital Medicine Research Update – November 2019

11/1/2019

An essential duty of a hospital medicine provider is to pick up the earliest signs of clinical deterioration. This is crucial because delays in initiation of therapy often have disastrous…

Hospital Medicine Clinical Update – November 2019

11/1/2019

HOME TEAM PROGRAM UPDATE Nationally, an extremely small number of patients (1%) account for a disproportionate burden of healthcare costs (22%). These patients are what are referred to as high…

Hospital Medicine Faculty Profile – Andrew Parsons

11/1/2019

Why Healthcare? It is a mix of so many things that are important to me: helping individuals that need it most, public health, basic science, and social justice. What brought…