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CORRECTION
October 2, 2012
A dosage recommendation in the August 2012 article, "What is the Optimal Therapy for Acute DVT (p. 17), should have read: The 2012 American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for VTE recommends initial therapy with LMWH or fondaparinux (rather than IV or SC UFH).
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Hospitalists On the Move
October 1, 2012
Movers and shakers in hospital medicine, new business moves
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Contracts Need to Ensure Physicians are Free Agents
October 1, 2012
How to avoid restrictive employment agreements that prevent moonlighting, volunteering or appearing as an expert witness outside your clinical practice work.
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Sharp Rise in Imaging Test Rates has Slowed
October 1, 2012
The growth rate of advanced diagnostic imaging tests has slowed dramatically, even as total number of tests performed has increased.
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Noisy Hospitals Impede Sleep
October 1, 2012
Sleep-disturbing noise can compromise a patient's recovery process and negatively affect patients' quality of care
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Alternative Healthcare Models Aim to Boost Sagging Critical-Care Workforce
October 1, 2012
Experts most commonly propose creating tiered, regionalized care structures, tele-ICU services, and augmenting the role of midlevel providers
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Report: Hospitalists Can Trim Wasteful Healthcare Spending
September 20, 2012
Hospitalists at “nexus” of needed systemwide improvements, author says
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Call Center Highlights IPC’s Care-Transitions Strategy
September 13, 2012
Post-discharge patient contact saves thousands of unnecessary readmissions
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Speak Up: Getting Hospitalists to Voice Dissatisfaction Isn’t Easy
September 10, 2012
HM group directors need to be "in tune" with colleagues' job satisfaction, outside interests
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Study: Burnout Risk High for Hospitalists, Other “Front-Line” Physicians
August 29, 2012
Healthcare system needs to address hot-button issue, researcher says
