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What Is the Best Empiric Therapy for Community-Acquired Cellulitis?
October 1, 2013
Antibiotic treatment is recommended and must provide coverage for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
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ACCF/AHA 2013 Guidelines for Managing Heart Failure
October 1, 2013
Recommendations emphasize managing hospitalization and care transitions, using guideline-directed and proven medical therapies, employing evidence-based steps to reduce readmissions
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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
October 1, 2013
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Reviews of Reseach on Perioperative Morbidity, Capnography with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the ED, Mortality Rate for Elective Surgeries
October 1, 2013
Also reviewed this month: publicly reported mortality rates vs. hospitals' overall mortality, cost-saving visits for Medicare patients, video-based workshops for academic hospitalists
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SHM Advocates for Medicare to Cover Skilled-Nursing Facilities
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists push to pass Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act that counts observation status toward three-day requirement for SNF patient care
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Nine Things Chronic-Pain Specialists Think Hospitalists Need To Know
October 1, 2013
From opioids and methadone to anesthetics and mental health assessments, hospitalists can play key role in chronic-pain management
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Hospitals Reap Potential of Data Mining
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists use tool to predict risk of patient readmission, reduce rates of blood clotting, manage asthma patients
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Hospitalist Groups Extract New Solutions Via Data Mining
October 1, 2013
Technology can assist with clinical decision-making, predict health insurance fraud, identify at-risk patients
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Actors Help Health-Care Providers Develop Better Patient Communication Skills
September 1, 2013
Hospitalists learn how to give bad medical news to patients and families through role-playing with actors portraying patients
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Multiple Approaches to Combat High Hospital Patient Census
September 1, 2013
A production-based pay structure, salary bonuses and incentives, and integration of advanced-practice providers can be effective
