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Nonclinical Medical Teams Role Gives Clinical Staff More Time for Patient Care
October 3, 2022
As patient numbers rise, so do clerical duties, and studies are showing that many highly trained clinical staff are getting bogged down. Two hospital administrators recognized the issue and created a...
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Make the Most of Media Opportunities
October 3, 2022
It’s the sign of the times—24-hour news cycles, information at your fingertips, and “experts” everywhere willing to share their voices. During the last two years especially, health care...
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Vaught Verdict Shines Spotlight on the Need to Report Errors Without Fear
October 3, 2022
The outcome of the RaDonda Vaught case could have a chilling effect on the reporting of medical errors by hospitalists and other front-line caregivers. Earlier this year, RaDonda Vaught, a...
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Hospitalists’ Voices and Votes Make a Difference
October 3, 2022
It’s that time of the year again: inboxes full of unsolicited requests for donations, people with clipboards approaching as you try to squeeze in a grocery run between work and your child’s...
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STI Guideline Updates for Pediatric Hospitalists
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: 2021 Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Guideline Updates: What the Pediatric Hospitalist Needs to Know Presenters: Jason Zucker, MD, Columbia University, New York, and Candice...
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Using SMART Regimens in PHM
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: Get SMART: Implementation of updated asthma guidelines for pediatric hospitalists Presenters: Alexander Hogan, MD, MS, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Conn., Kathryn...
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Refuting Long-held Pediatric Clinical Tenets
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: Um, Dr. Dancel, We Don’t Do That Anymore Presenters: Jennifer Fuchs, MD, UNC Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, N.C., Steve Weinberg, MD, UNC Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill,...
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Peer-to-peer Reviews of Observation Status
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: Let’s Talk Peer-to-Peer. Inpatient and Observation Status—What Really Matters? Presenters: Lucinda Lo, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa., Amy Sanderson MD, FAAP, Boston...
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Pediatric Pain Evaluation, Physiology, and Treatment
September 23, 2022
PHM Session: The Agony and the Ecstasy: Pain Assessment and Management in the Clinical Setting Presenter: David Casavant, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Mass. Dr. David Casavant...
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SHM Is Using Its Voice. Help Us Stay on Message.
September 1, 2022
Dr. Howell I begin this article with the obvious: these are challenging times. Some of the challenges are thrust upon us, like the COVID-19 virus, and some are made by our own society, like the...