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Hospital Management of Patients Presenting with ALTE: An Evidence-Based Approach
April 8, 2015
In a presentation on guidelines for ALTE, Jack Percelay, SHM representative to the AAP Subcommittee, provided further insight to the work that has been done for the clinical entity known as apparent life-threatening events (ALTE) since a consensus statement was put forward by the NIH in 1986.
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LISTEN NOW: Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP provides tips on improving care transitions
April 4, 2015
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, a hospitalist and founder of Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, talks about what clinicians can do to help improve care transitions based on her experience directing IHI’s STAAR Initiative (State-Action on Avoidable Re-hospitalizations). [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospita
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LISTEN NOW: Jeffrey Greenwald, MD provides tips on treating endocrine disorders
April 4, 2015
Jeffrey Greenwald, MD, a hospitalist at Massacusetts General Hospital with 15 years of experience in hospital medicine, discusses his view of the spectrum of endocrine disorders and how hospitalists should approach the question of when to call in an endocrine specialist. [audio mp3="http://www.th
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LISTEN NOW: Daniel Hunt, MD elaborates on recent article on primary care providers
April 4, 2015
Listen to Daniel Hunt, MD, chief of the hospital medicine unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discuss his recent article titled “Perspectives” in the New England Journal of Medicine on consultation visits by primary care providers. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content
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LISTEN NOW: Eric Howell, MD, SFHM discusses care transitions and readmissions
April 4, 2015
Johns Hopkins hospitalist Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, discusses connections between SHM, hospitalist practices, handoffs, and successful care transitions. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HOWELLclip_Readmissions_FINAL_021814.mp3"][/audio]
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Fondaparinux for Treatment of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
April 3, 2015
Clinical question: Is fondaparinux as safe and effective as argatroban and danaparoid in treating heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? Background: Guidelines for the treatment of HIT recommend using danaparoid (factor Xa inhibitor), argatroban, or lepirudin (both direct thrombin inhibitors).
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Rapid Response Teams Increase Perception of Education without Reducing Autonomy
April 3, 2015
Clinical question: Does the presence of a rapid response team (RRT) affect the perception of resident education and autonomy? Background: Studies on the perception of RRTs, which can generally be activated by any concerned staff member, have been primarily limited to nurses.
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Physician Dashboard, Pay-for-Performance Improve Rate of Appropriate VTE Prophylaxis
April 3, 2015
Transparent feedback through real-time dashboards, payment incentives can improve patient safety, quality benchmarks
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Intercepting Wrong-Patient Orders in a Computerized Provider Order Entry System
April 3, 2015
Clinical question: Does implementing a patient verification dialog that appears at the beginning of each ordering session, accompanied by a 2.5-second delay, decrease wrong-patient orders? Background: Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) is known to increase the rate of wrong-patient order en
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Epidemiology of Peri-Operative, Transfusion-Associated, Circulatory Overload
April 3, 2015
Understanding characteristics of TACO could improve decision making around transfusion strategies for at-risk patients