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Surgical-Site Infection Risk Not Associated with Prophylactic Antibiotic Timing
July 2, 2013
How does timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis affect risk of postoperative surgical-site infections (SSIs)?
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One-Year Survival Nearly 60% for Elderly Survivors of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
July 2, 2013
What is the long-term outcome of elderly survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest?
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Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
July 1, 2013
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
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Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Says Cost, Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
July 1, 2013
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks of hospitalist's value proposition.
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Hospitalist-Focused Strategies to Address Medicare’s Expanded Quality, Efficiency Measures
July 1, 2013
Amount of time, money, resources needed to implement initiatives could put hospitals under duress
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Boston Marathon Bombing Calls Hospitalists to Duty
July 1, 2013
Tragedy reinforces need to incorporate hospitalists into disaster response plans
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The Hospitalist Names New Pediatric Editor
July 1, 2013
Med-Peds trained, UC San Diego's Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP aims to expand pediatric leadership roles
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Team Hospitalist Seats Nine New Members
July 1, 2013
Inductees hail from U.S. markets large and small, broaden group’s pool of expertise in hospital medicine
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2013
The latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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SHM’s Awards of Excellence Honor the Best in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2013
Five hospitalists, one care team, receive Society of Hospital Medicine’s highest award at HM13
