News
Society of Hospital Medicine Adds Young Hospitalist Educational Track at HM15
December 2, 2014
HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015.
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Society of Hospital Medicine To Offer New Programming, Savings, Opportunities at HM15
December 2, 2014
Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for early online registration—$100 savings—is February 2, 2015.
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Clarification: Hyponatremia Article Chart Should Have Referenced Hypervolemia, Not Hypovolemia
December 2, 2014
Dear Editor: Excellent article on hyponatremia management in the August 2014 issue. I would like to point out a possible error/typo in Figure 2 on page 12.
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Hospitalist Tips for Talking to Seriously Ill Patients
December 2, 2014
The need to relieve patients’ suffering should not be the reason for withdrawing life-sustaining interventions in the ICU, Steven Z.
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Ebola Outbreak Reminds Hospitalists How To Prepare for Infectious Disease
December 2, 2014
When the outbreak first started, and in the months that followed, Ebola virus dominated American headlines.
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Hospitalists’ Role in Health Reform Evolves
December 2, 2014
Hospital medicine guru Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, offers an optimistic view of hospitalists’ role in healthcare as reform measures continue to reshape the landscape. Addressing hospitalists at a recurring conference that he founded 18 years ago—“Management of the Hospitalized Patient”—Dr.
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For Patients in Clinical Trials, Health, Safety Top Concerns for Hospitalists
December 2, 2014
Patients might come into a hospitalist’s care when they are in the middle of a clinical trial. What then? The first step for a hospitalist is to find out whether a patient is enrolled in a trial. “The safety and health of a patient obviously are more important than anything else,” Dr.
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Palliative Care Patient Transitions Challenging For Hospitalists, Oncologists
December 2, 2014
When should treating a cancer patient become more about controlling symptoms and making the patient comfortable than about trying to slow the cancer itself? Hospitalists, who often care for patients in the worst stages of health, regularly make important observations that result in a patient tran
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Opinion
A Practice Resolution
December 2, 2014
In the heart of the holiday season’s gluttony (and the challenges of staffing the holidays), we need something to get us excited for 2015.
News
Antibiotic Overprescribing Sparks Call for Stronger Stewardship
December 2, 2014
Antibiotic overprescription remains a problem in the U.S. and abroad and shows no signs of slowing.
