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News
How to manage a patient presenting with syncope
January 4, 2018
Obtaining a detailed history is crucial to determining which patients with syncope are at high risk for adverse outcomes.
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Analysis: Hospital pay for performance not significantly improving Medicare outcomes
January 4, 2018
“Policymakers in the [United States] should consider one of two things: revise the current program or potentially end it.”
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Thrombectomy shines in presence of a clinical deficit and imaging mismatch
January 3, 2018
Less disability, greater functional independence, and less neurologic deterioration was observed for thrombectomy plus standard care.
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Opinion
More thoughts about hospitalist burnout
January 3, 2018
Many hospitalists address their own work-related distress by simply working less in total, but that isn’t an ideal solution for the field.
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Choosing location after discharge wisely
January 3, 2018
With a principal focus on hospital length of stay, we have prioritized when patients are ready to leave over where they go after they leave.
News
QI enthusiast to QI leader: Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor, MD
January 2, 2018
Trained as an engineer, Dr. Sheri Tejedor says knowledge of informatics and the business of medicine is key to institutional quality improvement.
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Opinion
Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog – Dec. 2017
January 2, 2018
Female leaders face well-documented and controversial challenges that require careful thought.
News
Majority of influenza-related deaths among hospitalized patients occur after discharge
January 2, 2018
SAN DIEGO – More than 50% of hospitalized patients who died after a diagnosis of influenza expired within 30 days of hospital discharge.
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Opinion
Project improves noninvasive IUC alternatives
January 2, 2018
A UC San Diego medical student’s quality improvement project proves successful.
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News
Text paging practices need improvement, standardization
December 31, 2017
Text paging practices need improvement, standardization Clinical question: What is the content and structure of patient care–related text paging sent in the inpatient setting? Background: Text paging has become a common form of communication among members of the inpatient multidisciplinary...
