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Study Investigator Explains Why Copper Surfaces Can Help Prevent Infections
September 1, 2013
Lead study investigator Michael Shmidt, PhD, discusses strategies for using copper to kill hospital-acquired infections
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Listen to John Vazquez, MD, discuss neurophobia and tips for adjusting to discomfort in treating neuro patients
August 2, 2013
John Vazquez, MD, Medical Director of Emory University Hospital, talks about neurophobia, the discomfort some hospitalists and other doctors feel with regard to treating neurological patients, as well as tips for adjusting to that discomfort
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Oklahoma Hospitalist Discusses Medical Center Devastation, Community Response
August 2, 2013
Joseph R. Womble, MD, talks about the devastating tornado that hit the medical center in Moore, Okla., and how he expects the community to respond
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Listen to Project BOOST lead analyst Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, discuss the outcomes study published in JHM
August 2, 2013
Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, Project Boost lead analyst and lead author of the research paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, talks about the research, its context, the challenges it faced and the results achieved despite the difficulties
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Hospitalist Outlines Importance of Nutrition in Patient Care
July 1, 2013
Melissa Parkhurst, MD, medical director of the hospital medicine section at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, talks about the importance nutrition plays in hospitalized patient care
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Hospitalist Explains Benefits of Bundling, Other Integration Strategies
July 1, 2013
Monty Duke, MD, of Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital explains the benefits of bundling and other integration strategies in an era of increased Medicare incentive programs
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Why It’s Important to Have Supportive Colleagues
July 1, 2013
Hospitalist Katherine C. Chretien, MD, FACP, of the Washington VA Medical Center and George Washington University discusses why it’s important to have colleagues who are “a community of support”
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Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Says Cost, Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
July 1, 2013
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks of hospitalist's value proposition.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Medical Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Spotlights Hospitalist Communication, Attention to Discharge Details
April 1, 2013
Listen to bonus excerpts of our interview with Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Why Hospitalists Should Spread the Good Word on Capitol Hill
April 1, 2013
Hospitalist and SHM Public Policy Committee member Rick Hilger talks about his experience last year participating in his first Hospitalists on the Hill event in Washington, D.C.