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Connect: Community hospitalists brainstorm ways to be stronger as a group
May 4, 2017
Strength in numbers: Community hospitalists call for ways to connect and support one another for better outcomes – and to improve morale.
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Keys to de-escalating endocrine emergencies
May 4, 2017
There is a fine line between endocrine system compensation and decompensation, according to an expert who shared tips for treating acute endocrine conditions.
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Highlights of Day 4
May 4, 2017
Sometimes the final day of a convention is nothing more than the “getaway day.” But not at HM17.
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Hope and change
May 4, 2017
Dr. Robert Wachter, the dean of hospital medicine, will give his traditional last plenary address of the meeting on Thursday.
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Welcome to the third and final day of HM17!
May 4, 2017
Welcome to the third and final day of HM17!Although it is the shortest day of the conference, day 3 is full of quality content, starting at 7:40 a.m. with a mini-track.If you are interested in hearing about the impact of November’s election on health care reform, join me at the Health Poli...
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Antipsychotics ineffective for symptoms of delirium in palliative care
May 4, 2017
Do antipsychotics provide symptomatic benefit for delirium in palliative care?
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Stump the Professor event entertains, educates
May 3, 2017
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, joked that participating in a “Stump the Professor” event is “like taking an oral exam in front of 300 or 400 people.”Dr. Dhaliwal passed his “exam” with flying colors...
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RIV winners celebrated for their creative use of data
May 3, 2017
This year’s RIV innovation winners reflect a nascent trend of applying informatics to quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
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VIDEO: Hospitalists can help improve antibiotic stewardship
May 3, 2017
Why are patients with bacterial infections being overtreated and what do we do about it?
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VIDEO: How informatics can help your hospital prevent infections
May 3, 2017
Hospitalists have a powerful tool to help them fight outbreaks of Clostridium difficile and other infectious agents: electronic health record data.Sara Murray, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and her colleagues, used EHR data to map temporal...