HM18
HM18: ‘Things we do for no reason’
Physicians continue to practice low value care because of practice habits and lack of cost transparency.
Career
Hospitalist movers and shakers – July 2018
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
News
CMS considers expanding telemedicine payments
The proposed rule would pay doctors for an expanded number of telemedicine services and add payment for virtual check-ins by phone or other...
News
Intranasal naloxone promising for type 1 hypoglycemia
ORLANDO – This development could help prevent autonomic failure in T1DM patients.
From the Society
What the (HM) world needs now
To practice compassion in hospital medicine is to accept that medicine is hard on everyone. It’s not “us” versus “them.” We all struggle.
News
More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
News
Fentanyl analogs nearly double their overdose death toll
From 2016 to 2017, carfentanil-related deaths were up 98%.
HM18
Benefits, drawbacks when hospitalists expand roles
Not all role expansion in hospital medicine is good role expansion, experts say.
Career
SHM: My home as a pediatric hospitalist
The Society of Hospital Medicine is a strong supporter of pediatric hospitalists.
Practice Management
The rapidly disappearing community pediatric inpatient unit
Across the U.S., pediatric inpatient units in community hospitals have failed to even flirt with breaking even.
News
Closed-loop insulin control for T2DM is feasible in hospital setting
ORLANDO – Noncritical patients tolerated automated devices and had fewer clinically significant hypoglycemic events.
News
New hypertension guidelines would add 16 million new diagnoses
A new analysis estimates that adopting the 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines would add 15 million Americans to the ranks of the hypertensives,...
Clinical
Rebleeding and mortality after lower-GI bleeding in patients taking antiplatelets or anticoagulants
Clinical question: Is there a difference in lower GI rebleeding risk in patients on antiplatelet medications versus those on...
Public Policy
SHM expresses support for Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act
At the moment, the projected wait time for hospitalists from some countries to receive their green cards could easily exceed 25 years.
Clinical
Long-term follow-up of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
Clinical question: What is the expected clinical progression of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance...
News
DOACs’ safety affirmed in real-world setting
Direct oral anticoagulants were linked with lower bleeding risk, regardless of reason for use. One shone brightest.
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