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Diabetes specialist to offer disease management tips
May 3, 2017
An endocrinologist will walk the audience through four major points on caring for diabetes patients in a talk to be given Thursday at HM17.
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Culture change necessary to weed out health care overuse
May 3, 2017
Chris Moriates, MD, assistant dean for healthcare value and associate professor of medicine at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, drew insight from writer David Foster Wallace on Tuesday afternoon as he discussed overuse in hospital care.He cited a story by Wallace: Two young...
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Experts to review ‘hot topics’ in pediatric hospital medicine research
May 3, 2017
Two pediatric hospitalists reviewed every issue from 18 relevant journals over the last year and chose studies that involve important, evolving clinical questions that any physician caring for hospitalized children should know about.
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Hospitalists can do better at end-of-life care, expert says
May 3, 2017
High-value care can remain elusive for the most vulnerable of populations.
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On the big stage, SHM leaders discuss pressing issues
May 2, 2017
Dr. Brian Harte and Dr. Ron Greeno talk about the path forward for SHM.
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Attendees drill down on infections at ID boot camp
May 2, 2017
If you haven't seen any cases of Candida auris yet, you will soon, one expert predicts.
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Student-Resident Luncheon offers relaxed networking
May 2, 2017
The free luncheon will include several tables, each dedicated to a specific topic, such as pediatric hospital medicine, with an experienced hospitalist at each one.
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High-value care abstracts in spotlight
May 2, 2017
Three abstracts are expected to be chosen as the best and slated for short oral presentations in the HVC abstract session.
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Speed-mentoring event targets junior hospitalists
May 2, 2017
Junior hospitalists will submit questions and topics on which they’d like to get advice, so they can be matched to three senior advisers.
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Pre-course focuses on perioperative care
May 1, 2017
Hospitalists packed the room on Monday for a pre-course brimming with information on how to better care for patients undergoing surgery