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Early Warning System Boosts Sepsis Detection, Care
November 19, 2014
An alert system that monitors inpatients at risk of developing sepsis can prompt early sepsis care, can speed patient transfers to the ICU, and may even reduce mortality risk from sepsis. A recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine reports on an early warning and response system
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Hospitalists Channel Osler, Pioneer in Bedside Exams
November 10, 2014
Hands-on workshop helps hospitalists gain confidence in fundamentals, learn to teach physical exam skills better
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Checklists Improve Outcomes, Require Care-team Buy-in
November 10, 2014
Dr. Ramiro Jervis and Dr. Umesh Gidwani urge hospitalists to experiment with checklists during the 7th annual Hospital Medicine Symposium in New York City.
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Five Reasons You Should Attend Hospital Medicine 2013 in Washington, D.C.
November 10, 2014
Hospital Medicine 2013 offers expert speakers, 90 educational offerings, and networking with the best and brightest hospital medicine has to offer.
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CME, Procedures, and Advocacy Highlight Hospital Medicine 2013 Kickoff
November 10, 2014
Hospital Medicine 2013 starts off with a day of learning and advocacy on Capitol Hill.
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Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Warns Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
November 5, 2014
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks of hospitalist's value proposition.
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Evidence-Based Medicine Guru Implores Hospitalists to Join Cause
November 5, 2014
Gordon Guyatt, MD, who coined the term evidence-based medicine in a 1992 JAMA article, outlined EBM principles and challenged hospitalists to challenge the research.
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Bob Wachter Says Cost Equation Is Shifting in Ever-Changing Healthcare Paradigm
November 5, 2014
HM pioneer says hospitalists who have flown under radar soon will be counted on to produce cost, waste reduction.
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Hospitalists Flock to Annual Meeting’s Bedside Procedures Pre-Courses
November 5, 2014
From early-career hospitalists looking to gain hands-on experience with intraosseous lines to family-medicine trained physicians brushing up on ultrasound usage, the procedures' pre-courses at SHM annual meetings receive rave reviews.
