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    Hospitalist Training Helps Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, Fight Global Health Inequality

    April 3, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_8736" align="alignright" width="279"] Left: Typical Ebola educational mural in Monrovia, Liberia. Inset: Left; Dr. Phuoc Le doffing personal protective equipment at CDC Ebola training in Atlanta prior to departure.

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    Federal Program to Cut Hospital Readmissions Turns Out Modest Results

    March 10, 2015

    A new report has found that only a small number of groups included in a government-funded experiment to cut Medicare readmissions actually produced results.

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    Hospitalists Valuable Assets in Fight against Global Health Inequality

    February 10, 2015

    Hospitalists should not only lead efforts to control potential Ebola outbreaks in the U.S.

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    Hepatitis A Vaccine Recommended for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

    January 13, 2015

    Hospitalists caring for patients with chronic liver disease should consider administering the hepatitis A vaccine upon discharge, says an expert from the CDC. The recommendation is based on a new study published in Hepatology that shows the rate of hospitalizations caused by a hepatitis A virus

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    COPD Readmission Penalties Hurt Hospitals Serving Low-Income Patients

    December 3, 2014

    Government penalties meant to reduce COPD readmissions will unfairly impact hospitals that care for vulnerable patients, according to a report from the University of Michigan. Beginning in January 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will add COPD to its list of medical conditio

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    Room for Improvement in Identifying, Treating Sepsis

    November 4, 2014

    Despite huge strides in the treatment of heart failure, pneumonia and myocardial infarction, hospitals have a long way to go in improving care for patients with sepsis, say the authors of a recent commentary published online in JAMA. In a related study published in July in JAMA, sepsis was found

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    Patient Dumping Lawsuit Raises Awareness of Needs of Homeless

    October 27, 2014

    Hospitalist offers tips for discharging indigent patients

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    Improved Diet Is Recipe for Improved Inpatient Outcomes

    September 11, 2014

    Nutrition awareness group credits attention to inpatient diets with shorter lengths of stay, fewer avoidable hospital readmissions

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    Patient Safety Experts, Physicians Advocate for Prevention of Medical Errors

    August 13, 2014

    Hospitalists encouraged to demand better patient outcome data from hospitals

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    Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream Infection Prevention Paying Off

    July 17, 2014

    CDC campaign to reduce central-line-associated bloodstream infections saves millions in hospital reimbursements

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