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Applications Being Accepted for SHM Fellows Program
November 1, 2013
Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants can apply to earn a Fellow, or Senior Fellow, in Hospital Medicine designation through January 10, 2014
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Submit Your HM14 Scientific Abstracts Soon
November 1, 2013
Deadline for submissions to SHM's Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster and oral competition is December 1
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Concern about Copper’s Effectiveness in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
November 1, 2013
Despite its antimicrobial properties, copper plating should be done with foresight, caution
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Four Recommendations to Help Hospitalists Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
November 1, 2013
How to prevent infections, track their causes, and identify risk factors
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Hospitalists Poised to Prevent, Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
November 1, 2013
CDC report is call to action against dangerous bugs, including Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
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Hospitalists Should Take Wait-and-See Approach to Newly Approved Medications
October 1, 2013
Experts suggest waiting three to five years after release of a drug before prescribing it to patients
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Hospitalist James O’Callaghan Finds Career Satisfaction in Pediatric Medicine
October 1, 2013
The former chemical engineering major gets gratification from treating today’s patients, improving healthcare for children
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Little Resistance to Rising Hospital-Acquired Infections
October 1, 2013
CDC study shows rate of antibotic resistance to HAIs rising faster than predicted in 2008
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What Is the Best Empiric Therapy for Community-Acquired Cellulitis?
October 1, 2013
Antibiotic treatment is recommended and must provide coverage for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
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ACCF/AHA 2013 Guidelines for Managing Heart Failure
October 1, 2013
Recommendations emphasize managing hospitalization and care transitions, using guideline-directed and proven medical therapies, employing evidence-based steps to reduce readmissions
