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Hospitalists Should Endorse Their Team Members
November 29, 2016
Patients should feel assured about who is caring for them
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Updated ACCP Guideline for Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease
November 28, 2016
What hospitalists need to know about the 2016 ACCP Guideline update
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Hospitalists Stretched as their Responsibilities Broaden
November 23, 2016
A continued broadening of responsibilities continues to stretch even the most well-trained hospitalists
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Tips for Hospitalists on Solving Difficult Situations
November 18, 2016
Tough cases and the firing of hospitalists sometimes arise without clear-cut solutions—here’s how these real-life cases were resolved
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Anecdotal Failures in the Diagnosis of Serotonin Syndrome
November 16, 2016
Clinical Question: What is the validity of commonly held beliefs regarding serotonin syndrome (SS)? Background: SS is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by serotonin excess in the central nervous system.
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Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Remain Rare and Primarily Involve Cancer Patients
November 14, 2016
What data are available regarding the attitudes toward and the practice of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS)?
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Goals of Care Infrequently Discussed among Hospitalized Long-Term Care Residents
November 11, 2016
How often are goals of care (GOC) discussed during hospitalization of long-term care residents, and what patient characteristics make this more likely to occur?
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Predicting 30-Day Readmissions
November 10, 2016
Rates of 30-day readmissions are of major concern to hospitalists
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Ramping Up Telehealth’s Possibilities
November 10, 2016
Congress is considering the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act, intended to modernize the way Medicare reimburses telehealth services and to expand locations and coverage
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Everything You Need to Know About the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative
November 9, 2016
BPCI might be a game-changer for HM because it’s the first of the bundled-payment initiatives that truly falls direct to the care provided by hospitalists
