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Study Shows Best Performing Hospitals Manage Pain Best
February 15, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospital differences in pain management are tied to different patient-reported pain scores after colorectal resection, according to a study from the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC). "The best-performing hospitals achieved superior pain control through th
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Women with AF have a Higher Risk of Death and CVD
February 12, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at somewhat higher risk of death and cardiovascular disease (CVD) than men with the condition, a new systematic review and meta-analysis confirms. "Physicians should be aware of this and they should also make sure they treat wome
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Cause and Warning Symptoms of MI Differentiate Among Men and Women
February 11, 2016
(Reuters Health) - The causes of acute myocardial infarction(MI) and the warning symptoms that can signal the need for immediate medical attention are different in women than in men, according to a scientific statement issued today by the American Heart Association. When women don't recognize thi
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VIDEO: Why Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, and Shawn Ralston, MD, Chose Hospital Medicine Careers
February 10, 2016
University of California-San Diego med-peds hospitalist Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, and Shawn Ralson, MD, vice chair of clinical affairs, Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Lebanon, N.H., discuss the factors that went into their hospital medicine career choices, and why they find hospitalist
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Research Shows Inpatient Dermatology Improves Diagnostic Accuracy and Intervention
February 10, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Inpatient dermatology consultations for skin disorders are associated with improved diagnostic accuracy and faster intervention, researchers have found. Information about the impact of hospitalist dermatology consultative services is limited, Dr.
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Stent-retriever Therapy Improves the Rate of Functional Independence for Acute Ischemic Patients
February 9, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stent-retriever therapy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke improves the rate of functional independence at 90 days, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stent retrievers are deployed in an occluded vessel, temporarily expanded into the body of a
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LISTEN NOW: Harvard Health Policy Professor Robert Blendon Discusses Democratic Presidential Candidate Stances
February 8, 2016
Listen to more of our interview with Robert Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard T.H.
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LISTEN NOW: Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, Discusses Hm16’s New Health IT Track
February 8, 2016
Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, chair of SHM’s Health IT Committee, discusses HM16 having a separate track for health IT, to whom the track is geared, and translating tech-savviness into actually being effective in helping to develop practical health IT. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-co
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LISTEN NOW: Course Director Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM, Chats HM16
February 8, 2016
Course Director Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, talks about the SHM annual meeting's new emphasis on work-life balance and on how her past experience at the annual meeting influenced how she helped shape this year's meeting. [audio mp3="http:
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Six Strategies to Help Hospitalists Improve Communication
February 8, 2016
As Karen Smith, MD, SFHM, chief of hospital medicine at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., sees it, communication problems often arise at the first possible opportunity, when she’s trying to find out whom to call when she needs to inform a primary care physician or specialist abo
