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Culture change can improve NP, PA practice
April 10, 2018
"NPs and PAs are looking for autonomy, mastery, and purpose."
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SHM CEO to highlight need to prepare for change
April 10, 2018
His overall message will boil down to this: Learn the skills you’ll need.
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RIV plenary showcases best research
April 10, 2018
RIV plenary showcases best researchBest of Research and Innovations in 2018 8-9 a.m., Palms Ballroom Clinical Vignettes #2 Poster Competition 12-1:30 p.m., Cypress Ballroom By Thomas R. CollinsThe best research in hospital medicine will be front and center today in the “Bes...
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Tuesday’s satellite symposia schedule, information
April 10, 2018
A rundown of today's satellite symposia.
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Winners chosen at the SHM Clinical Vignettes competition
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO – The winner of the SHM Clinical Vignettes competition involved a case of ketoacidosis in a woman on a “Paleo” diet while breastfeeding two children.
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New guidance for inpatient opioid prescribing
April 9, 2018
The SHM consensus statement advocates the lowest effective dose for the shortest duration possible.
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Video : The SHM Research Committee: Expanding the role and footprint of research in hospital medicine
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO – In a video interview, Stephanie Mueller, MD, SFHM, discusses the scope and importance of the SHM Research Committee.
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SHM presidents: Innovate and avoid complacency
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO — The Society of Hospital Medicine’s immediate past president and current president opened the SHM annual meeting with a call to innovate.
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Hospitalists ‘perfectly poised’ to drive health care reform
April 9, 2018
ORLANDO — HM18 keynote speaker Kate Goodrich, MD, said hospitalists are well positioned to help drive important change to the U.S. health care system.
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Simvastatin, atorvastatin cut mortality risk for sepsis patients
April 9, 2018
In addition to supporting cardiac function and inhibiting inflammatory cytokines, these statins appear to exert a direct antimicrobial effect.