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Reducing the Burden of Cirrhosis and Hepatic Encephalopathy
August 2, 2017
William Ford, MD, SFHM
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SHM group membership strengthens teams, builds leaders at iNDIGO
May 30, 2017
James W. Levy, PA-C, SFHM, managing partner at iNDIGO Health Partners, discusses the benefits that SHM’s group membership has brought to the iNDIGO hospital medicine team.
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Procalcitonin guidance improves antibiotic stewardship
April 13, 2017
Use of the procalcitonin assay has been shown to reduce antibiotic utilization without an increase in adverse outcomes.
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Big changes ahead in heart failure management
February 26, 2017
SNOWMASS, COLO.
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Community-based palliative care reduces hospitalizations
February 15, 2017
Clinical question: Does proactive home- and clinic-based palliative care impact hospital use and health care cost in Medicare Advantage beneficiaries?
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Scholar grants help future hospitalists explore career pathways
February 7, 2017
Ernie L. Esquivel, MD, FACP, FHM’s passion for education and research leads to development of SHM student and resident programming.
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Lower C. difficile mortality with vancomycin than metronidazole
February 6, 2017
Clostridium difficile
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Everything We Say and Do: Use familiar terminology to allay patients’ fears
February 4, 2017
It is our responsibility to explain to patients' medical situation(s) to them in plain terms that they can comprehend.
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DVT prophylaxis not needed after casting
February 1, 2017
Clinical question: Is DVT prophylaxis necessary with lower leg casting or after knee arthroscopy?
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‘I can handle it’– The state of hospitalist group backup systems
January 31, 2017
It took my hospital medicine group 20 years to implement a formal backup system. Of all the reasons we resisted creating a backup system, foremost was that we did not want to mandate additional work.
