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LISTEN NOW: Cheryl DeVita on Evaluating Contracts, Hospitalist Groups
July 2, 2015
Cheryl DeVita, senior search consultant at Cejka Search, Inc., in St. Louis, Mo., offers advice on evaluating contracts and hospitalist groups. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DeVita_Locums_FINAL_062215.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Gastroenterologist, Robert Coben, MD, on GI Bleeds, Colon Cancer
July 2, 2015
ROBERT COBEN, MD, Program director of the gastroenterology fellowship program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, discusses GI bleeds and colon cancer. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Coben_Top10Gastro_FINAL_051515.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Gastroenterologist, John Pandolfino, MD, on Best Practices for Colonoscopies, Treating C. diff Infections
July 2, 2015
John Pandolfino, MD, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, talks about best practices for colonoscopies and treating C.
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Lisa Shieh on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an example of a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Shieh_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051015_LongVersion.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Gregory Seymann, MD, on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Gregory Seymann, MD, discusses a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Seymann_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051215_long.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Yale hospitalists’ brush with cancer leads to healthcare cost awareness training program
June 9, 2015
ROBERT FOGERTY, MD, MPH, a hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Yale University, talks about how his own bout with cancer as a college senior heading to medical school helped influence his I-CARE education initiative, which introduces cost awareness into internal medicine residency pro
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LISTEN NOW: Vladimir Cadet, MPH, discusses alarm fatigue challenges and solutions
June 9, 2015
[audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VladimirCadet_AlarmFatigue_FINAL_030714.mp3"][/audio] VLADIMIR N.
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SIRS Criteria Could Identify More Patients with Severe Sepsis
June 8, 2015
Clinical question: Does inclusion of two or more SIRS criteria in the definition of severe sepsis accurately identify patients with higher mortality risk, as compared with patients with infection and organ failure but with fewer than two SIRS criteria? Background: SIRS describes dysregulation of
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Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Use in Older Patients Taking Spironolactone
June 8, 2015
Clinical question: Does trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) increase the risk of sudden death in older patients taking spironolactone? Background: TMP-SMX increases the risk of hyperkalemia when used with spironolactone; however, previous studies have not examined whether the drug interaction
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Medicare Nonpayment for Hospital-Acquired Conditions May Have Reduced Infection Rates
June 8, 2015
Clinical question: What was the effect of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) nonpayment for hospital-acquired conditions? Background: In 2008, CMS implemented the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) initiative, denying incremental payment to hospitals for complications of hospit