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Opinion
Physicians do not trust bone biopsy culture data
November 25, 2017
Summer research could help change the way physicians manage patients with osteomyelitis.
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News
Reducing harm: When doing less is enough
November 21, 2017
With the value conversation well underway, Choosing Wisely is shifting focus to implementation.
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News
Improving the risk assessment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism
November 21, 2017
Hospital-based physicians inadequately assess for severity of pulmonary embolism in patients and fail to ask for consultations from specialists.
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News
How hospitalists can focus on health equity
November 21, 2017
Experts say hospitals and hospitalists must focus on health disparities to address the multitude of chronic medical conditions they treat.
News
Journal of Hospital Medicine – Nov. 2017
November 21, 2017
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the specialty of hospital medicine.
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News
Here’s what’s trending at SHM – Nov. 2017
November 20, 2017
Get the latest news about upcoming events, new programs, and SHM initiatives.
News
Safety-net hospitals would be hurt by hospital-wide 30-day readmission penalties
November 19, 2017
Considering all readmissions within 30 days of discharge in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program would modestly increase the number of hospitals eligible for penalties and would have a bigger impact on safety-net hospitals, based on a study of two years of Medicare claims data from 3,443 ...
News
Heart failure readmission penalties linked with rise in deaths
November 18, 2017
Heart failure readmissions penalties linked with rise in deaths ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Evidence continues to mount that Medicare’s penalization of hospitals with excess heart failure readmissions has cut readmissions but at the apparent price of more deaths.During the penalty phase of...
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News
Price transparency of laboratory testing does not change provider ordering habits
November 18, 2017
Clinical question: Does price transparency of laboratory tests at the point of order entry affect provider ordering behavior?
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News
Two changes are made to resuscitation practice in delivery room
November 17, 2017
One is in regard to heart rate assessment, the other to meconium.
