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Coding Corner: HF and Physician Underbilling—Two Common Conditions
October 2, 2023
Coding Corner, a new section that will appear periodically in The Hospitalist, features common coding and/or billing issues hospitalists regularly face. If you have suggestions for upcoming coding...
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Immigrant Hospitalists Share Struggles and Discuss Paths to Progress
October 2, 2023
Harkesh Arora, MD, a hospitalist at Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, N.M., said she has grown sad and frustrated by her long—and, so far, futile—effort to obtain an EB-1A, an...
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The Promotion Application Journey
October 2, 2023
Earlier this year, I was thrilled and honored to learn that my application for promotion to a full professor of medicine was approved. Any promotion in academic medicine is an accomplishment, and the...
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SIG Spotlight: Academic Leaders
October 2, 2023
Every academic hospital medicine leader has two bosses: one on the academic side, through the school of medicine, and one on the hospital side, often reporting to someone in the C-suite, given its...
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Chapter Spotlight: Central and Southwest Virginia
October 2, 2023
Dr. Odeti Shyam Odeti, MD, MS, FAAFP, MBA, SFHM, was in Johnson City, Tenn., five years or so ago when he helped start an SHM chapter in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and...
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P2Y12 Inhibitor Monotherapy After 1-3 Months of DAPT Reduces Major Bleeding Risk Without Increasing Ischemic Risk After Complex PCI
October 2, 2023
Clinical question: Does P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after one to three months of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) improve clinical decrease in major bleeding risk without increasing ischemic risk in...
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Waves
September 8, 2023
There we go again. I’m sorry honey. I don’t know why it starts beeping suddenly. I hate to keep bothering you all night. Well, to be honest, my breathing has been a little shallow tonight. Yes,...
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Movers and Shakers September 2023
September 1, 2023
Dr. Mgbokikwe Nkemdilim Mgbojikwe, MD, has joined Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, as associate chief medical officer; she will also serve as an associate professor and hospitalist in the...
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Early Restrictive Fluid Strategy Didn’t Lower Mortality for Sepsis-induced Hypotension
September 1, 2023
Dr. Klein Clinical question: Does a restrictive fluid strategy within the first 24 hours improve all-cause mortality among patients with sepsis-induced hypotension? Background: There are limited...
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Sustained Reduction in Lab Ordering After Implementing Mindful Ordering Initiatives
September 1, 2023
Dr. Mohoney Clinical question: Do perceptions of mindful laboratory test ordering and number of labs ordered change after resident-focused training and optimization of electronic medical record...