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    FAST Program Implementation Guide Success

    February 1, 2023

    Jefferson Antithrombotic Therapy Team. Front row L to R: Photi Galanis, MD, Julia Westfield, Heather Yenser, CRNP. Back row L to R: Lynda Thomson, PharmD, Dina Orapallo, CRNP, Geno Merli, MD, Tony...

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    Bringing Acute-Level Care to the Patient: Key Steps for Hospital at Home

    August 1, 2022

    Shutterstock.com As the hospital at home concept and care model gets more attention nationally, hospitalists often provide the leadership, clinical expertise, and labor needed to get these...

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    10 Facts for Hospitalists About Abortion

    June 24, 2022

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade is expected to result in a wave of state laws limiting access to reproductive health. This highlights why clinicians should stay current...

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    CPAP reduces the risk of intubation among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and COVID-19

    May 2, 2022

    Clinical question: What is the role of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) compared to conventional oxygen therapy in the management of COVID-19-related acute...

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    The evolution of the hospitalist

    March 30, 2022

    Dr. Ramanathan Dr. Chmelik The term hospitalist was coined in 1996 in a New England Journal of Medicine article written by Dr. Robert Wachter—often considered the father of the field. The need...

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    Emergency department visits from adverse drug events

    February 11, 2017

    Clinical question: The purpose of this study was to describe ED visits for adverse drug events in year 2013-2014 compared to year 2005-2006 to learn changing patterns of ADEs and to help advance medication safety initiatives in outpatient settings.

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    Trending at SHM

    February 2, 2017

    Get the latest news about upcoming events, new programs and Society of Hospital Medicine initiatives.

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    Female physicians, lower mortality, lower readmissions: A case study

    January 20, 2017

    Week in, week out for the past 25 years, I have had a front-row seat to the medical practice of a certain female physician: my wife, Heather. We met when we worked together on the wards during...

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    Hospital factors play key role in readmission risk after surgery

    November 28, 2016

    CORONADO, CALIF. – Variation in readmission risk across hospitals following certain surgical procedures is more attributable to hospital factors than to patient characteristics, results from a large analysis demonstrated.

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    Tips for Improving Early Discharge Rates

    May 29, 2016

    Discharging patients before noon has many advantages: It creates open beds to accommodate the surge in admissions in the afternoon and helps minimize the bottleneck in system-wide patient flow, says Ragu P.

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