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News
Medical malpractice insurance premiums likely to rise in 2020
February 21, 2020
In 2019, more than 25% of medical liability insurance premiums rose for internists, ob.gyns., and surgeons, a recent analysis shows.
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Opinion
The evolution of social media and visual abstracts in hospital medicine
February 20, 2020
Medical journals are looking for novel ways to engage their audiences and create communities.
News
‘Momentous’ USMLE change: New pass/fail format stuns medicine
February 19, 2020
Step 1 had been criticized as playing too big a role in the process of becoming a physician and for causing students to study for the test instead of engaging fully in their medical education.
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News
Critical care admissions up for pediatric opioid poisonings
February 19, 2020
ORLANDO – Attempted suicide has represented an increasingly large proportion of these severe poisonings.
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News
When is a troponin elevation an acute myocardial infarction?
February 18, 2020
It is very important to classify the etiology of a troponin elevation and treat accordingly.
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News
Infection with 2019 novel coronavirus extends to infants
February 18, 2020
Nine infants with at least one infected family member have tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus.
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News
As novel coronavirus outbreak evolves, critical care providers need to be prepared
February 18, 2020
Despite “substantial uncertainty” over impact outside China, any influx of seriously ill patients could strain EDs, inpatient units, or ICUs.
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News
Flu increases activity but not its severity
February 14, 2020
A very red map now has 41 states at the highest level of influenza activity.
Article
ACC issues guidance on cardiac implications of coronavirus
February 14, 2020
The document provides information on the potential cardiac implications from analog viral respiratory pandemics and offers early clinical guidance given current COVID-19 uncertainty.
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News
Resetting your compensation
February 14, 2020
Hospitalists are earning more and professional revenues are not making up the difference.
