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Bryn Nelson, PhD

Bryn Nelson is a former PhD microbiologist who decided he’d much rather write about microbes than mutate them. After seven years at the science desk of Newsday in New York, Nelson relocated to Seattle as a freelancer, where he has consumed far too much coffee and written features and stories for The Hospitalist, The New York Times, Nature, Scientific American, Science News for Students, Mosaic and many other print and online publications. In addition, he contributed a chapter to The Science Writers’ Handbook and edited two chapters for the six-volume Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking.

  • News

    Paring the risk of antibiotic resistance

    February 7, 2018

    Stewardship, monitoring, education, and thoughtful de-escalation can help avoid the overuse of sepsis drugs.

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    Preventing sepsis alert fatigue

    January 31, 2018

    Quality improvement projects hone the art and science of sensitive and specific warnings.

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    Charting a new course in sepsis management

    January 18, 2018

    Quality improvement initiatives help hospitalists navigate the challenges of ward-based sepsis care.

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    Naloxone: Difficult conversations about a potential lifesaver

    October 24, 2017

    A recent study highlights the difficulties and strategies for discussing the antiopioid medication’s utility.

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    SHM’s RADEO Program aids safer opioid prescribing

    October 17, 2017

    A new initiative is helping hospitalists design and implement better inpatient opioid prescribing strategies.

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    Hospitalists struggle with opioid epidemic’s rising toll

    October 17, 2017

    Amid a worsening crisis, a harsh, new light illuminates the inpatient side of opioid prescriptions.

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    Why Aren’t Doctors Following Guidelines?

    October 31, 2016

    Studies show that when guidelines are applied, patients do better—so why aren’t doctors following them?

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    LISTEN NOW: Scott Sears, MD, MBA, Explains How GME Programs Could Be Better Aligned

    August 10, 2015

    SCOTT SEARS, MD, MBA, chief clinical officer of Tacoma, Wash.-based Sound Physicians, discusses how GME programs could be better aligned with the shifting reality in medicine. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ScottSears_GME_FINAL_080115.mp3"][/audio]

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    New Bill Hopes to Increase Residency Medicare Slots after Two Previous Bills Failed

    July 29, 2015

    The new version again seeks to increase Medicare residency slots by 15,000 over five years, while attempting to identify physician shortage specialties and increase the workforce diversity. Two federal bills introduced in 2013, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act and the Training Tomorr

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    Institute of Medicine Report Prompts Debate Over Graduate Medical Education Funding, Oversight

    July 29, 2015

    Ever since 1997, when the federal Balanced Budget Act froze Medicare’s overall funding for graduate medical education, debates have flared regularly over whether and how the U.S.

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