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Quick Byte: ACA jump-starts 61,000 demo projects
March 28, 2017
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation lauded as proving ground for health care experimentation.
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Consider apps for better patient health
March 28, 2017
Patient-facing apps have potential to help high-need, high-cost populations, but technology also poses risks.
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Preoperative VTEs occurred in 10% of cancer patients
March 27, 2017
SEATTLE – Those with preoperative VTEs were significantly more likely to experience postoperative complications.
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Interventions, especially those that are organization-directed, reduce burnout in physicians
March 27, 2017
Clinical Question: How efficacious are interventions to reduce burnout in physicians?
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Alpha blockers may facilitate the expulsion of larger ureteric stones
March 27, 2017
Clinical Question: Are alpha blockers efficacious in patients with ureteric stones?
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End-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients
March 25, 2017
Clinical Question: Are hospitalized patients experiencing an increased mortality risk at the end-rotation resident transition in care and is this association related to the Accreditation C.ouncil for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) 2011 duty-hour regulations?
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Male vs. female hospitalists, a comparison in mortality and readmission rate for Medicare patients
March 25, 2017
Clinical Question: Does physician sex affect hospitalized patient outcomes?
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Perioperative statin associated with reduction in all-cause perioperative mortality in noncardiac surgery
March 25, 2017
CLINICAL QUESTION: Does perioperative statin use reduce 30-day mortality in noncardiac surgery?
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Hospitalists seek tools for more efficient admissions
March 24, 2017
HM16 abstract explains how Lean/Six Sigma methods might streamline admissions.
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Using shock index in the ED to predict hospital admission and inpatient mortality
March 24, 2017
CLINICAL QUESTION: Can shock index (SI) in the ED predict the likelihood for hospital admission and inpatient mortality?
