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SHM Pediatric Core Competencies get fresh update
January 16, 2020
Experts say the core competencies must reflect the realities of the variety of community pediatric settings.
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Opinion
Administrative burden and burnout
January 15, 2020
Excessive administrative burden is a major contributor to physician burnout.
Opinion
Community pediatric care is diminishing
January 15, 2020
With the loss of pediatric units, community hospitals lose their comfort caring for children.
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News
SPRINT-type BP control provides up to 3 years of additional life
January 14, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Survival advantage of intensive over standard blood pressure lowering is age dependent.
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Drop in flu activity may not signal seasonal peak
January 13, 2020
“Hospitalization rates and percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remain low,” the CDC says.
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For everything there is a season
January 13, 2020
Participation will help ensure that your group is contributing to a robust hospital medicine database.
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Treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is a work in progress
January 13, 2020
Although the disorder has a lower mortality than heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, it places a significant burden on health care systems.
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ID consult for Candida bloodstream infections can reduce mortality risk
January 12, 2020
More patients survived Candida bloodstream infections when they had ID consultations.
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Accelerating the careers of future hospitalists
January 10, 2020
Membership in the Society of Hospital Medicine is free for medical students and offers a diverse array of specifically curated resources.
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PACT-HF: Transitional care derives no overall benefit
January 9, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – A trial of a postdischarge transitional care model found no improvement in outcomes overall, but showed that women responded more favorably than men.
