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Use, Interpretation of SpO2 Treatment for Pediatric Bronchiolitis Is Questioned
January 7, 2015
Clinical question: Does artificial elevation of pulse oximetry measurement in bronchiolitis patients during ED evaluations affect hospitalization rates? Background: Bronchiolitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants younger than one year, leading to direct medical costs in the U.S.
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69%: hospitals with perfect hand-hygiene compliance
December 3, 2014
69%: the percentage of hospitals that had perfect compliance with the Leapfrog Group employer coalition’s safe practices for hand hygiene in its 2013 annual quality survey of 1,437 U.S.
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LISTEN NOW: Steve Pantilat, MD, SFHM, explains hospitalists’ role in palliative care
December 3, 2014
Steven Z.
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LISTEN NOW: M.D. Anderson hospitalists discuss caring for cancer patients
December 3, 2014
Josiah Halm, MD, and Sahitya Gadiraju, DO, assistant professors of general internal medicine at M.D.
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Should Patients with an Unprovoked VTE Be Screened for Malignancy or a Hypercoagulable State?
December 2, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7184" align="alignright" width="280"] Thrombosed blood vessel.
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10 Things Oncologists Think Hospitalists Need to Know
December 2, 2014
Things you need to know An occasional series providing specialty-specific advice for hospitalists from experts in the field. COMING UP: 10 Things Endocrinologists Want HM to Know Archived: @the-hospitalist.org 10 Things Infectious Disease 12 Things Cardiology 12 Things Nephrology 12 Th
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Early Warning System Boosts Sepsis Detection, Care
November 19, 2014
An alert system that monitors inpatients at risk of developing sepsis can prompt early sepsis care, can speed patient transfers to the ICU, and may even reduce mortality risk from sepsis. A recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine reports on an early warning and response system
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LISTEN NOW: Emergency Medicine and Hospitalist Collaboration
November 13, 2014
This month's podcast features Dr. Ken Epstein, chief medical officer for Hospitalist Consultants, a division of ECI Healthcare Partners; and Dr.
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Hospitalists Channel Osler, Pioneer in Bedside Exams
November 10, 2014
Hands-on workshop helps hospitalists gain confidence in fundamentals, learn to teach physical exam skills better
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LISTEN NOW: Dr. Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, Encourages Hospitalists to Work as Part of Quality Teams to Achieve Glycemic Control
November 10, 2014
As SHM's glycemic control lead mentor and a hospitalist at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Kendall Rogers, MD, CPE, FACP, SFHM, offers advice to hospitalists when working as part of a quality team in achieving glycemic control. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/up
