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Palliative care: a systematic review for patients and their caregivers
- Elizabeth Cerceo, MD, FACP, FHM
February 13, 2017
Clinical question: What is the association of palliative care programs on quality of life, symptoms, and survival for patients and their caregivers?
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Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
August 16, 2016
An important area to pay particular attention to is the role of future hospitalizations in patients’ wishes for care
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Healthcare Policies Affecting Hospitalists, Hospitalized Patients Advance in 2015
December 1, 2015
Laws and regulations regularly impact hospitalists and hospitalized patients, which is why SHM’s Advocacy Department and Public Policy Committee (PPC) work on behalf of SHM membership, the hospital medicine movement, and its patients.
This year has seen significant positive movement within severa
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Revolutionizing Quality Improvement in Hospital Medicine
November 4, 2015
As the senior physician advisor to SHM’s Center for Hospital Innovation and Improvement, Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, bridges the gap between clinical expertise and project support and development. The Hospitalist recently had a conversation with Dr.
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Palliative Care and Last-Minute Heroics
April 9, 2015
4/8/15
Session: Last-Minute Heroics and Palliative Care – Do They Meet in the Middle?
HM15 Presenter: Tammie Quest, MD
Summation: Heroics- a set of medical actions that attempt to prolong life with a low likelihood of success.
Palliative care- an approach of care provided to patients and
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SHM Backs Medicare Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care Counseling
December 2, 2013
Proposed legislation would cover advance-care planning consultations between patients, healthcare providers
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Reviews of Research on Steroids and VTE Risk, Epidural Catheterization, and Beta-Blockers During Noncardiac Surgery
- Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM;
- Deb Levy, MD, MPH;
- Grace Farris, MD;
- Ian McCormick, MD;
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD, FHM;
- Vasudev C. Mandyam, MD
August 2, 2013
Also reviewed this month: advance-care planning for hospitalized elderly, impact of surgical complications, and patient-centered decision making
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
- Brigham;
- Glen Kim, MD, MPH;
- Women’s
June 1, 2010
Including reviews of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and noncontrast CT for appendicitis diagnosis
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Uncertain Prognosis
August 2, 2006
Special considerations for high-risk patients at end of life