News
New tool predicts antimicrobial resistance in sepsis
July 19, 2017
Here’s how to predict antibiotic resistance in sepsis patients infected with gram-negative bacteria.
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Study: No increased mortality with ACA-prompted readmission declines
July 18, 2017
Reductions in 30-day hospital readmission rates among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries are weakly but significantly correlated with reductions in hospital 30-day mortality rates after discharge.
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High Value Care curriculum reduced echocardiogram ordering
July 18, 2017
A High Value Care curriculum in a residency training program led to a reduction in the ordering of repeat echocardiograms.
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News
What is the best approach for managing CIED infections?
July 17, 2017
Patients with CIED infections generally present in one of two ways: pocket infection (most common) or signs of systemic infection.
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Plasma biomarker distinguishes ARDS, acute heart failure
July 15, 2017
WASHINGTON – The biomarker identified acute respiratory distress syndrome patients who were sicker and more responsive to conservative fluid management.
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Opinion
The role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine programs
July 14, 2017
Hospitalist nurse practitioner and physician assistant providers have been a growing and evolving part of the inpatient medical workforce, seemingly since the inception of hospital medicine.
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Hospitalists’ scope of services continues to evolve
July 13, 2017
The 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report shows the continuation of prior trends in hospital medicine groups’ scope of admittance and comanagement services.
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News
HM17 session summary: Hospitalists as leaders in patient flow and hospital throughput
July 12, 2017
An education session at HM17 focused on key topics in patient flow and throughput for hospitalist physicians.
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News
Hospital isolates C. difficile carriers and rates drop
July 11, 2017
NEW ORLEANS – Screen for and isolate asymptomatic carriers.
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News
Idarucizumab reversed dabigatran completely and rapidly in study
July 11, 2017
One drug reversed the anticoagulant effect of another completely and rapidly.
