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Opinion
CMS modifies the inpatient admission order requirement, or did it?
November 15, 2018
Medicare auditors have been given discretion to overlook an inpatient order flaw, but providers have not.
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News
Resuming DOAC therapy in AF patients after gastrointestinal bleed
November 15, 2018
For patients who develop a gastrointestinal bleed (GIB) while using direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF), does the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) or recurrent GIB increase after DOAC resumption?
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News
New pediatric therapies show promise for influenza, multidrug-resistant pathogens
November 14, 2018
ORLANDO – Baloxavir, a recently approved fast-acting single-dose medication for influenza, is currently under study in children.
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News
Preop anemia management saves blood, costs
November 14, 2018
BOSTON – Managing anemia prior to cardiac surgery saved a hospital more than $100,000 in transfusion costs in a pilot program.
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News
Patient-centered primed communication and goals-of-care discussions
November 14, 2018
Can primed communication increase the frequency of goals-of-care conversations in the outpatient setting?
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News
Hospitalist groups explore use of medical scribes
November 13, 2018
Can medical scribes make life easier for hospitalists?
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News
Children are vulnerable to diseases emerging because of climate change
November 13, 2018
ORLANDO – Children are more vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change because of the increased exposure they have to the environment.
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News
Opiate-prescribing standard decreases opiate use in hospitalized patients
November 13, 2018
Can an opiate-prescribing standard that favors oral and subcutaneous over intravenous administration reduce exposure to intravenous opiates for hospitalized adults?
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Opinion
Dialysis decision in elderly needs to factor in comorbidities
November 13, 2018
Palliative care specialist advises avoiding age cutoffs, considering harms of dialysis.
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News
PIONEER-HF called “practice changing” for acute decompensated heart failure
November 12, 2018
CHICAGO – In-hospital initiation of sacubitril/valsartan safely and significantly reduced heart failure rehospitalizations in the next 8 weeks.
