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Danielle Scheurer, MD: Hospital Providers Put Premium on Keeping Themselves, Hospital Patients Safe
January 1, 2013
Role of hospitalists should be to help create and maintain safe and effective work conditions for themselves, patients, and providers
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Is ‘Meaningful Use’ Safe?
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
August 29, 2012
Despite CMS praise, clinicians are wary of health IT shortcomings
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Whac-a-Mole Regulation
July 3, 2012
Hospitalists should embrace new era of transparency, collaboration
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In the Literature: Physician Reviews of HM-Related Research
- David Lee, MD, MBA;
- Frank Wharton, MD;
- Indranill Basu Ray, MD;
- Renee Meadows, MD, FACP, SFHM Srinivas Vuppala, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
January 27, 2012
Hospitalist views on readmission prevention;2 Characteristics of hospital ICU readmission; Effect of clopidogrel on bleeding outcomes in vascular surgery; Time- versus tissue-based diagnosis of TIA; ETT versus ETT with imaging for the diagnosis of CAD in women; Effect of high urine output with adequate hydration on contrast-induced nephropathy; Stroke rate in CABG patients with severe carotid artery stenosis; Effect of cardiac arrest on long-term cognition
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In the Literature: The latest research you need to know
- Aaron Hamilton, MD, MBA;
- Anbazhagan Prabhakaran, MD, MRCP;
- Chadi Alraies, MD;
- Rubin Bahuva, MD;
- Thadeo Catacutan, MD;
- Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP
November 30, 2011
Atelectasis and fever; heparin dosing frequency for VTE prophylaxis; perioperative cardiac risk calculator; diagnosing subarachnoid hemorrhage without an LP; model to predict risk of bleeding on warfarin; risk of death with tiotropium use in COPD; BNP to predict perioperative mortality; beta-blockers and COPD.
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In the Literature: The latest research you need to know
- Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM;
- Anthony Breu, MD;
- Jonathan Bortinger, MD;
- Jonathan T. Crocker, MD;
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD;
- Rebecca Newlin Hutchinson, MD, MPH
September 2, 2011
High-dose vs. low-dose clopidogrel after cardiac stenting; Rates of overdiagnosis of PE with CTPA; Outcomes of hospitalists with PAs or residents; White coats and MRSA; Correlation of vital signs and pain
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New DVT Guidelines Prompt HM Action
April 6, 2011
Hospitalists should own all DVT/VTE guidelines, implement accordingly
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
- Aziz Ansari, DO, FHM;
- Division OF;
- Elizabeth Schulwolf, MD, MA;
- Elizabeth Wantuch, MD, MS;
- Nathan Derhammer, MD, FAAP;
- Paula Marfia, MD;
- Sean Greenhalgh, MD
April 1, 2011
Physician reviews of HM-related literature, including LOS in geriatric patients, outcomes of transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, renal ultrasound predictor for acute kidney injury, and romiplostim use in immune thrombocytopenia
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Medical Mistakes, 10 Years Post-Op
November 1, 2009
HM and renewed emphasis on patient safety grow in tandem
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The Place for Debate
June 1, 2009
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