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Ready for post-acute care?
January 5, 2017
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Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog
December 20, 2016
Post election, what will change about how I treat at the bedside? Nothing.
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Effective hospitalist roles for NPs, PAs
December 16, 2016
Single-site study offers success story, isn’t one-size-fits-all solution.
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Idle intravenous catheters are associated with preventable complications
December 15, 2016
Intravenous catheters are common and necessary for inpatient care, but peripheral – and especially central venous – catheters are associated with increased risk for local and systemic complications.
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Trump administration to focus on ACA reform, tort reform
December 13, 2016
Look for three things from the Trump administration: significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, few changes to MACRA’s Quality Payment Program, and a conservative swing in the courts.
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Selected elderly trauma patients do well in non–ICU wards
December 7, 2016
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First-in-kind study parsed risks of central lines in children
December 5, 2016
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Observational hospital stays for HF linked to worse outcomes
December 5, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – Heart failure patients admitted as inpatients had significantly better outcomes than those admitted for an observational stay.