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Opinion
John Nelson: Admit Resolution
July 31, 2012
Service agreements, when adhered to, help solve admission disagreements.
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Family-Medicine-Trained Hospitalists Fit to Handle ID Issues
July 31, 2012
We have internal medicine and family medicine working together well on our hospitalist teams.
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Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline
July 31, 2012
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 11.2% of first-year students.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Vineet Arora discusses primary-care workforce challenges
July 31, 2012
Dr. Arora outlines the factors to consider to entice medical students to choose a primary-care career
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Care Health Plan’s Z. Joseph Wanski discusses efforts to prevent 30-day readmissions
July 31, 2012
Dr. Wanski, a hospitalist, endocrinologist, and medical director of the L.A. Health Care Plan, chats about Southern California hospitalists' efforts to prevent avoidable 30-day readmissions
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Report: Wrong-Patient Orders Occur Frequently with CPOE Systems
July 24, 2012
Re-entering patient identification, other electronic interventions significantly reduce errors
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Psychiatric Hospitalist Model Supported by New Outcomes Research from UK
July 18, 2012
Evidence of hospitalist-model benefits “overwhelming,” lead author says
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FDA Clears First Test to ID Bacteria Associated with Bloodstream Infections
July 11, 2012
New test can detect bacteria, resistance genes within a few hours
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Tech Takes Off: Videoconferences in medical settings is more acceptable and affordable, but hurdles remain
July 10, 2012
More mainstream and affordable, video technology improves patient access to specialty care
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Hospitalists Should Prepare for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
July 3, 2012
As the “patient-centered medical home” model gains steam, hospitalists should know what’s coming
