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Hospitalist NPs and PAs note progress
September 14, 2018
Integrating NPs and PAs into hospitalist groups successfully is a “nuanced and multilayered” process.
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Benefits, drawbacks when hospitalists expand roles
July 13, 2018
Not all role expansion in hospital medicine is good role expansion, experts say.
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Rethinking preop testing
June 1, 2018
ORLANDO – Think twice before ordering that preoperative test, experts say.
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VIDEO: Pills alone not the answer for pain management
May 19, 2018
SANDESTIN, FLA. – A variety of approaches to pain management is absolutely crucial in the area of opioid abuse.
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Tackling gender disparities in hospital medicine
April 10, 2018
ORLANDO – It would take 67 years to reach gender parity in hospital leadership at the current rate of improvement, Elizabeth Harry, MD, said at HM 18.
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RIV awards go to studies of interhospital transfers and ‘virtual hospitalists’
April 10, 2018
Interhospital transfers and “virtual hospitalists” take home awards in the research arm of the HM18 Research, Innovations and Clinical Vignettes.
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RIV plenary showcases best research
April 10, 2018
RIV plenary showcases best researchBest of Research and Innovations in 2018 8-9 a.m., Palms Ballroom Clinical Vignettes #2 Poster Competition 12-1:30 p.m., Cypress Ballroom By Thomas R. CollinsThe best research in hospital medicine will be front and center today in the “Bes...
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SHM CEO to highlight need to prepare for change
April 10, 2018
His overall message will boil down to this: Learn the skills you’ll need.
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Winners chosen at the SHM Clinical Vignettes competition
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO – The winner of the SHM Clinical Vignettes competition involved a case of ketoacidosis in a woman on a “Paleo” diet while breastfeeding two children.
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Hospitalists ‘perfectly poised’ to drive health care reform
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO — HM18 keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, said hospitalists are well positioned to help drive important change to the U.S. health care system.