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Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Septic Shock Does Not Reduce Deaths (ProCESS)
May 15, 2014
Does use of protocol-based early goal-directed therapy with central venous monitoring decrease mortality in patients presenting with septic shock?
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No Mortality Benefit with Albumin Administration in Severe Sepsis (ALBIOS)
May 15, 2014
Does albumin administration reduce mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis?
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LISTEN NOW! UC San Francisco’s Michelle Mourad Encourages Fellow Hospitalists To Get Involved in Quality Projects
May 5, 2014
Michelle Mourad, MD, director of quality and safety at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, talks about how to get involved in quality projects and how to push others to get involved, too
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Listen Now! American Enterprise Institute’s Scott Gottlieb, MD, Talks About the Impact the Affordable Care Act Will Have on Hospitalists
May 5, 2014
Physician and American Enterprise Institute resident fellow Scott Gottlieb, MD, talks about the impacts of the Affordable Care Act on both hospitalists and the institutions and groups that employ them
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Hospitalist Program Peak Performance Sets Foundation for Improvement
May 2, 2014
Designed to reduce readmission rates in Illinois hospitals, HP3 program promotes better hospital medicine group performance through quality initiatives, project management techniques
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Registration for ASHP’s Medication Safety Collaborative Still Open
May 2, 2014
SHM members can register for specialty meeting held within American Society of Health-System Pharmacist’s conference starting May 31 in Las Vegas
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Hospital Medicine Movement Grows in Scope, Impact
May 2, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine estimates more than 44,000 hospitalists in U.S. in 2014, nearly four-fold increase since 2003
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Society of Hospital Medicine Phases Out Inaccurate Nomenclature for Healthcare Professionals
May 1, 2014
Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists will no longer be called allied health provider, physician extender, or mid-level providers in society materials, databases
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Healthcare Changes Under Affordable Care Act Raise Concerns for Hospital Chief Financial Officers
May 1, 2014
Rise of healthcare consumerism, transparency in pricing, variation in cost of care, recapitalization expenses has complicated task of managing hospitals’ financial future
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Bill to Clarify Three-Midnight Rule for Medicare Patients Gains Support from Congress, Hospitalists
May 1, 2014
H.R. 1179 would eliminate confusion around hospital admission requirements to cover skilled nursing care; relieve financial burden for Medicare patients, families
