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Preorder 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report
June 30, 2016
The State of Hospital Medicine (SoHM) report is the most comprehensive survey of hospital medicine in the country and provides current data on hospitalist compensation and productivity and also covers practice demographics, staffing levels, staff growth, and compensation models. “The SoHM report
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Protein-Based Risk Score Improves Prediction of Cardiovascular Events
June 29, 2016
NEW YORK - A new protein-based risk score outperforms the Framingham model for predicting cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary heart disease. "Patients who carry the diagnosis of stable coronary heart disease have been viewed traditionally as a homogeneous population within wh
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Hospitalist Jill Slater Waldman, MD, SFHM, Watched the Field Grow Up But Thinks Peers Deserve More Credit
June 29, 2016
Jill Slater Waldman, MD, SFHM, loved math and science and working with people, so a career in medicine was always the logical choice. She just didn’t want to leave a hospital, literally.
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Effective Applications of Medication-Assisted Opioid Dependence Counseling
June 28, 2016
NEW YORK - Patients dependent on prescription opioids are likely to quit if they get individual drug counseling with their prescribed medications, according to long-term follow-up results. "Medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence benefited people who were dependent on prescription opi
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LETTER: 6 Tips When Practicing Telemedicine
June 28, 2016
In early 2014, I decided to use the six state licenses I had obtained as a locum tenens physician to start practicing telemedicine. Since then, I have worked with several telemedicine platforms.
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New HCV Diagnostic Tests Provide Accuracy and Low Costs
June 27, 2016
NEW YORK - Several hepatitis C virus core antigen (HCVcAg) tests accurately diagnose hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and could replace nucleic acid testing (NAT) in settings where HCV is prevalent, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. "Overall, several of the tests perform very w
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Single Dose of Dexamethasone Not an Alternative to ‘Steroid Burst’ for Acute Asthma Treatment
June 27, 2016
Clinical question: Is one dose of dexamethasone comparable to five days of prednisone for treating mild-to-moderate asthma exacerbations? Background: Corticosteroids are the mainstay of initial treatment for asthma exacerbations.
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High-Flow Oxygen after Extubation Reduces Reintubation
June 27, 2016
Clinical question: Does nasal high-flow (NHF) oxygen after extubation reduce reintubation rates in low-risk patients? Background: NHF oxygen devices deliver warmed and humidified oxygen up to 60 liters per minutes. NHF provides positive end-expiratory pressure and dead-space washout.
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Medicaid Ensures Hospitals Get Paid
June 26, 2016
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Reducing Drug Expenditure with Computerized Alerts
June 26, 2016
Hospitalists face ever-increasing pressure to reduce drug expenditures without compromising the quality of care provided to patients, and as a consequence, are creating new ways to approach the issue.
