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Understanding palliative care: An important part of practicing hospital medicine
April 11, 2018
"As the population ages, this issue is going to become more and more important for our field."
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Welcome to Day 3 at HM18
April 11, 2018
Today offers sessions on advancement with topics for mid-career hospitalists and those aspiring to leadership roles.
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Session to cover expanding HM scope of practice to pre- and posthospitalization care
April 11, 2018
“As hospital medicine continues to advance, we are being asked to help hospitals and health care systems with challenges that extend beyond the hospital."
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Learn to employ cultural humility
April 11, 2018
Many health care providers are guilty of having implicit or unconscious biases against patients, which can negatively affect the care they give.
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A call for innovation: Dr. Robert Wachter to discuss evolution of HM at closing plenary
April 11, 2018
"My talk will be a pep talk and will include reflections on how the world of health care is changing and what those changes will mean to hospitalists."
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Using data to drive quality improvement projects
April 11, 2018
Attendees will learn how to develop balanced metrics for quality improvement projects, understand distinctions between quality improvement and traditional research projects, and identify how different measures of the same data can tell vastly different stories.
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Video: SHM provides resources and community for practice administrators
April 10, 2018
ORLANDO – In a video interview, Ms. Tiffani Panek discusses the scope of practice management resources available from the Society of Hospital Medicine.
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Tackling gender disparities in hospital medicine
April 10, 2018
ORLANDO – It would take 67 years to reach gender parity in hospital leadership at the current rate of improvement, Elizabeth Harry, MD, said at HM 18.
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Neuro updates: Longer stroke window; hold the fresh frozen plasma
April 10, 2018
For ischemic stroke, very good evidence for mechanical thrombectomy, with new data pointing to a prolonged treatment window for some patients.
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RIV awards go to studies of interhospital transfers and ‘virtual hospitalists’
April 10, 2018
Interhospital transfers and “virtual hospitalists” take home awards in the research arm of the HM18 Research, Innovations and Clinical Vignettes.
