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LISTEN NOW: My iPad Went to Medical School
March 17, 2015
Mobile devices put information in the palm of your hand. For hospitalists, this presents real opportunities to engage patients, improve care, and streamline hospital workflows. Two hospitalists who were early adopters of mobile tech in their practices, Dr.
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LISTEN NOW: David Pressel, MD, PHD, FHM, discusses violence in hospitals
March 6, 2015
DAVID PRESSEL, MD, PHD, FHM, medical director of inpatient services at Nemours Children’s Health System, talks about the nature of violence in hospitals and a training program he has helped put into place at his center. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Pressel_H
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LISTEN NOW: David Lichtman, PA, explains factors to determine when hospitalists perform procedures
March 6, 2015
DAVID LICHTMAN, PA, a hospitalist and director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service, explains the complicated set of factors used by individual hospitals to determine which procedures fall under the scope of their HM practitioners. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/up
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Tip-Top Tactics for Bedside Procedure Training
March 6, 2015
David Lichtman, PA, director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service in Baltimore, Md., says bedside procedure training should be consistent and thorough, regardless of whether the trainee is a medical student, a resident, a fellow, or an established physician.
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What Is the Best Approach to a Cavitary Lung Lesion?
March 3, 2015
Case A 66-year-old homeless man with a history of smoking and cirrhosis due to alcoholism presents to the hospital with a productive cough and fever for one month. He has traveled around Arizona and New Mexico but has never left the country.
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Hospitalists Are Frontline Providers in Treating Venous Thromboembolism
March 3, 2015
Nearly half of all venous thromboembolism (VTE) events occur during or soon after hospitalizations.1 And who are the frontline providers diagnosing and managing VTE in the inpatient setting? “While VTE may not be the No.
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Hospitals Launch Bedside Procedure Services
March 3, 2015
A dedicated procedure team or service can give hospitals needed expertise without requiring a one-size-fits-all approach.
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How Academic Hospitalists Can Balance Teaching, Nonteaching Roles
March 3, 2015
As a group director at a growing, university-based hospitalist program, I often interview aspiring academic hospitalists. Inevitably, the conversation turns to a coveted aspect of the job. I’m not talking about the salary.
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Greater Transparency for Financial Information in Healthcare Will Prompt Questions from Patients
March 3, 2015
The movement toward greater transparency of financial information in healthcare is providing patients with access to data that might affect their healthcare decisions.
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Clinical Images Capture Hospitalists’ Daily Rounds
March 3, 2015
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fourth in an occasional series of reviews of the Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts series by members of Team Hospitalist. [caption id="attachment_8317" align="alignright" width="300"] Left: Image of patient with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis, case number 48.Right: Image of
