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Hospitalist Reviews on Healthcare-associated Infections, Mortality Benefit with Single Peripheral Pulmonary Emboli, Oral Anticoagulants to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
May 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: comorbidities and avoidable hospital readmissions, effect of resident handoff bundles on medical errors, pediatric readmission rates, sepsis diagnoses
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Research, Innovation, Clinical Vignette Poster Winners Recognized at HM14
May 1, 2014
Posters on hospital-based educational programs, palliative care services, pediatric patient care honored at Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting
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Hospitalists Share Patient Care Tips, Strategies at HM14 Annual RIV Competition
May 1, 2014
Research, Innovations, Clinical Vignettes (RIV) posters at Society of Hospital Medicine’s annual meeting showcase daily check-in routines, physicians’ online paging tools
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HM14 Keynote Speakers Encourage Hospitalists to Deliver High-Quality, Low-Cost Patient Care
May 1, 2014
Hospital medicine leaders at Society of Hospital Medicine’s annual meeting spell out specialty's top goals
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How Hospitalists Can Improve Efficiency on Inpatient Wards
May 1, 2014
Organized pre-rounding sessions; a prioritized order of patient rounds; succinct, timely discharge documentation can help facilitate patient throughput
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Copper Safe, Effective in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
April 2, 2014
A reader responds to concerns around proposed use of copper touch surfaces in hospitals
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Hospitalists Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
April 1, 2014
Physicians' use of educational content sponsored by Society of Hospital Medicine, other groups designed to provide better patient-centered care
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Hospitalists Can Help Bridge Gaps in Healthcare Access as Hospitals Cope with Mounting Financial Pressures
April 1, 2014
Amid hospital closures, staff cuts, hospitalists may need to expand spectrum of patient care beyond acute episodes
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Hospitalist Reviews on Pre-Operative Beta Blockers, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest, Colloids vs. Crystalloids for Hypovolemic Shock
April 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: inpatient boarding, triple-rule-out imaging for coronaries, edoxaban compared with warfarin for atrial fibrillation
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Copper Considered Safe, Effective in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
April 1, 2014
A reader responds to concerns around proposed use of copper touch surfaces in hospitals
