Opinion
Engaging skeptical parents
March 27, 2018
With skeptical parents, resist the urge to tell, and listen instead.
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FDA advisors recommend lofexidine for opioid withdrawal
March 27, 2018
SILVER SPRING, MD. – A nonopioid agent for symptomatic treatment of opioid withdrawal could be another option to address the opioid epidemic.
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Major message: Most heart failure is preventable
March 26, 2018
SNOWMASS, COLO. – Targeting heart failure’s chief risk factors pays off.
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Hospitalist movers and shakers – March 2018
March 26, 2018
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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Top hospital heart failure performance translates to longer survival
March 24, 2018
ORLANDO – Get With the Guidelines data show that quality hospital care lengthens lives.
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How policy illustrates the value of SHM membership
March 23, 2018
Membership in SHM contributes directly to the advocacy efforts of the Society.
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Hospital boards can promote quality improvement
March 21, 2018
Study highlights the importance of board-level clinical leaders in hospitals.
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VIDEO: Andexanet alfa effectively reverses factor Xa anticoagulant
March 21, 2018
ORLANDO – Now that reversal is possible prescriptions for the already-popular direct Factor Xa inhibitor, anticoagulants should spike higher.
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Beware of polypharmacy in patients taking warfarin
March 20, 2018
SAN DIEGO – The incidence of polypharmacy among patients on warfarin therapy appears to peak at age 75.
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Making structural improvements in health care
March 20, 2018
The relatively new field of improvement science provides a framework for research focused on health care improvement.