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LISTEN NOW: Gastroenterologist, John Pandolfino, MD, on Best Practices for Colonoscopies, Treating C. diff Infections
July 2, 2015
John Pandolfino, MD, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, talks about best practices for colonoscopies and treating C.
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Lisa Shieh on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an example of a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Shieh_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051015_LongVersion.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Gregory Seymann, MD, on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Gregory Seymann, MD, discusses a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Seymann_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051215_long.mp3"][/audio]
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Novel Rapid Response Team Can Decrease Non-ICU Cardiopulmonary Arrests, Mortality
July 1, 2015
Clinical question: Can novel configured rapid response teams (RRTs) improve non-ICU cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) and overall hospital mortality rate? Background: RRTs are primarily executed in hospital settings to avert non-ICU CPA through early detection and intervention.
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Listen Now: Highlights of the July Issue of The Hospitalist
July 1, 2015
In this month's issue, our cover stories relay 11 things gastroenterologists think hospitalists should know about patients with gastroenterology disorders, and explore the intersection of post-acute care and hospital medicine.
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Hospitalists Can Lead Health Information Technology Field
June 30, 2015
A reader shares why hospitalists should drive advances in clinical informatics field
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What Hospitalists Should Consider Before Becoming an Expert Witness
June 30, 2015
Editor’s note: First in a two-part series on hospitalists as expert witnesses. Recently, you have found yourself pondering whether you want to be an expert witness for the prosecution on behalf of one of your patients or for the defense on behalf of one of your fellow colleagues.
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Hospitalists Back Bill to Reform Medicare Audit Process
June 30, 2015
A bill proposed in Congress to streamline the audit process of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) is being hailed by hospitalists as a needed step forward. The Audit & Appeal Fairness, Integrity, and Reforms in Medicare (AFIRM) Act of 2015 would speed up the Recovery Audit
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Hospitalists Positioned to Lead Improvements in Hospital Quality, Patient Safety
June 30, 2015
Hospitalists are ideally positioned to help create new approaches to hospital quality and safety, but they must acquire the skills necessary to make sustained, systematic changes, says David W.
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Head CT in Kids with Minor Head Injury Down After Quality-Improvement Effort
June 30, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Following a quality-improvement effort at the Boston Children's Hospital emergency department, the number of head CT scans for children with blunt head trauma has dropped without missing any significant injuries, researchers say. "A combination of an evide
