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PHM16: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leaders Kick Off 2016 Conference
August 4, 2016
Speaker: Lisa Zaoutis, MD, Pediatric Residency Program Director at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Amid the skyscrapers of the Windy City, Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2016 swept into town, bringing with it the denizens of pediatric hospitalist programs across the country.
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PHM16: Tips on Meeting Needs of Children with a Medical Complexity
August 2, 2016
Presenters: Mary L Ehlenbach, MD, FAAP; Megan Z Cardoso, MD, FAAP; and Christina Kleier, ARNP, PNP
This session at PHM16 was focused on logistical tips on how to build a pediatric complex care program. Presenters opened with a discussion of how to define children with medical complexity going th
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PHM16: Visual Clues Can Help Establish a Diagnosis
- Chandani Dezure, MD, FAAP
August 1, 2016
PHM16’s Visual Diagnosis: Signs and Why They Matter session led by Dr. Kenneth Roberts and guest presenters was a review of case presentations in which visual clues were vital to establishing a diagnosis.
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PHM16: The New AAP Clinical Practice Guideline on Evaluating, Managing Febrile Infants
- Chandani Dezure, MD, FAAP
August 1, 2016
One of PHM16’s most highly-attended sessions was an update on the anticipated AAP guidelines for febrile infants between ages 7-90 days given by Dr. Kenneth Roberts. The goal is to give evidence-based guidelines, not rules, from the most recent literature available.
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PHM16: How to Design, Improve Educational Programs at Community Hospitals
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- Francisco Alvarez, MD
July 29, 2016
Facilitators: Christopher Russo, MD, FAAP, Laura Hodo, MD, and Lauren Wilson, MD
This session discussed ways to design and improve education within community hospital settings.
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PHM16: Promoting, Teaching Pediatric High Value Care
- Akshata Hopkins, MD, FAAP
July 29, 2016
As we embark on Choosing Wisely, pediatric hospitalists gathered to attend this fruitful discussion on not only how to change our way of thinking but also how to feed it forward to our trainees.
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HM16 Q&A: How Do You try to Make a Positive Impact on Public Health in Your Daily Work?
April 12, 2016
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, formerly a hospitalist in Boston, said in a keynote speech that hospitalists have more power than they think to improve public health.
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HM16 AUDIO: U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, Discusses Hospital Medicine’s Role in Public Health
April 11, 2016
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, talks about the role hospitalists can play in public health.
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HM16 AUDIO: Alyssa Stephany, MD, Talks about the HM16 RIV Scientific Abstract Competition
April 11, 2016
Alyssa Stephany, MD, then assistant professor at Duke and now section chief of pediatric hospital medicine at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, talks about the evolution in training stemming from her experience in the HM16 RIV competition.
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HM16 AUDIO: Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Chats up His Research on Costs and Complications with PICC Line Usage
April 11, 2016
RIV winner Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, assistant professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, talks about his research on the costs and complications associated with PICC line use.
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