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How is Acute Pericarditis Diagnosed and Treated?
Pericarditis is the most common pericardial disease encountered by hospitalists, and as many as 5% of chest pain cases unattributable to...
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Medical Coding: Hospice Care vs. Palliative Care
Knowing how to appropriately code for each of these costly services will ensure reimbursement
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Hospitalists Urged to Watch for Fungal Meningitis Cases in Midst of National Outbreak
Asking patients about exposure to steroid injections critical to determining their best care
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Guidelines Help Slash CLABSI Rate by 40% in the ICU
Proper hand hygiene, antimicrobial agents on safety checklist that hospitalists are encouraged to follow
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VIDEO: Checklists Improve Outcomes, Require Care-team Buy-in
Quality experts explain how hospitalists can best utilize checklists during at the 7th annual Mt. Sinai Hospital Medicine Symposium in New York...
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Derek C. Angus discuss incorporating hospitalists into a tiered system of ICU care
Dr. Angus is chair of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Joaquin Cigarroa, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University, discuss the overlap of cardiology and hospital medicine
Dr. Cigarroa is clinical chief of cardiology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, discusses the differences in opinion over the SHM/SCCM critical care fellowship proposal
Dr. Dressler is associate professor of internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and a former SHM board member
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Special Skills Hospitalists Need for the Intensive Care Unit
Hospitalists working in ICU must have broad knowledge base, interpersonal skills, and the right attitude, experts say
Innovations in Healthcare
Study: Neurohospitalists Benefit Academic Medical Centers
Authors report significant LOS decrease for neurology patients, potential to reduce costs