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CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity
December 1, 2020
The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.
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Are more female physicians leaving medicine as pandemic surges?
December 1, 2020
“I have done the academically unfathomable: I am resigning my faculty position without another job lined up.”
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Patients with HF have higher risks of postop mortality, complications after ambulatory noncardiac surgery
December 1, 2020
How does heart failure affect the risk of postoperative mortality and complications in ambulatory noncardiac surgery?
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Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
December 1, 2020
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
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Opinion
How much longer?
November 30, 2020
SHM intends to make sure that hospitalists receive the tools to navigate these unprecedented times.
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Moderna filing for FDA emergency COVID-19 vaccine approval, reports 94.1% efficacy
November 30, 2020
Vaccine efficacy remained consistent across different groups analyzed by age, race/ethnicity, and gender.
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Blood glucose on admission predicts COVID-19 severity in all
November 30, 2020
Those with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than were those with normal readings.
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Adverse events occur in LTC residents transitioning from hospital to nursing home
November 30, 2020
What are the frequency, severity, and preventability of adverse events occurring during the 45 days after hospitalization for residents of long-term care facilities?
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CDC panel delves into priorities for COVID vaccine distribution
November 25, 2020
The meeting served as a forum for experts to discuss the thorny issues ahead.
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FDA expands Xofluza indication to include postexposure flu prophylaxis
November 25, 2020
“This expanded indication for Xofluza will provide an important option to help prevent influenza just in time for a flu season that is anticipated to be unlike any other.”