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By the Numbers: -0.44
May 25, 2012
The average difference in length of stay between hospitalist groups and non-hospitalist groups.
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HIT Continues Spread Across Health Networks
May 25, 2012
The proportion of U.S. hospitals using health information technology has doubled in the past two years.
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Residents Plug Gaps in Professionalism Training
May 25, 2012
Residents can play a lead role in a program aimed at teaching commitment to the highest standards of excellence in medicine, to the welfare of patients, and to the best interests of the larger society.
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End-of-Life Discussions Don’t Decrease Rate of Survival
May 25, 2012
Advance-care-planning discussions and advance directives resulted in no significant difference in survival time for patients.
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Efficacy, Diagnoses, Frequency Play Parts in Coverage Limitations
May 25, 2012
Medicare may only pay for items and services that are “reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury or to improve the functioning of a malformed body member,” unless there is another statutory authorization for payment.
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HHS Delays ICD-10 Compliance Date
May 25, 2012
HHS to announce a new compliance date.
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Communication Vital to End-of-Life Care
May 25, 2012
I can’t speak for all loved ones who must witness the passage of a parent, a child, or a spouse, but for me, a hospitalist’s firm hand would have made a world of difference in how we navigated this inevitable event.
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
April 26, 2012
Online calculator helps prevent post-op respiratory failure; new drug for long-term treatment of PE; benefits of triple therapy for COPD; knee-length compression stockings as good as thigh-length for PTS; video monitoring improves hand hygiene; asymptomatic bacteriuria often misdiagnosed as UTI; CT accurate for lower GI bleeding diagnosis; switch from albuterol to lavalbuterol to reduce tachycardia not recommended.
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Urinary Tract Infections Do Not Play a Significant Role in Chronic Kidney Disease
April 26, 2012
What is the association between childhood urinary tract infections and chronic kidney disease?
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Guidelines for Treatment of Uncomplicated Cystitis and Pyelonephritis in Healthy, Community-Dwelling Women
April 26, 2012
Uncomplicated cystitis is one of the most common indications for prescribing antimicrobial therapy to otherwise healthy women, but wide variation in prescribing practices has been described.
