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New Study Shows PCMH Resulted in Positive Changes
February 23, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implementation of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) resulted in small changes in utilization patterns and modest quality improvements over a three-year period, according to a new report. Dr. Lisa M.
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Name Recognition, Personalization Key to Patient Experience
February 23, 2016
Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
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Only Two Strategies Offer some Effectiveness in Preventing Contrast-induced CIN
February 23, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Only two strategies offer some effectiveness in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of 86 randomized, controlled trials. Those are use of N-acetylcysteine (NAc) in patients receiving low-osmolar contrast med
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Effects of Low-Literacy Asthma Action Plans on Provider Counseling
February 22, 2016
Clinical question: Can physician counseling for asthma care be improved by using low-literacy asthma action plans? Background: Although asthma action plans are recommended for all children with asthma and have been associated with improved medication adherence, written asthma action plans are giv
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Medicaid Coverage Differs in Many States Opposed to Medicare
February 22, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Medicaid, the U.S.
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Team Hospitalist Seats 8 Members
February 21, 2016
Eight hospitalists have joined Team Hospitalist, the only reader involvement group of its kind in hospital medicine. Each of the new members has experience in the practice of HM; many offer specialized backgrounds in pediatrics, academics, quality and patient safety, and group administration.
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Hospital Medicine’s Movers and Shakers – March 2016
February 21, 2016
Mary Kathryn Anania, MD, has been appointed as hospitalist medical director at Florida Hospital Flagler in Palm Coast. Dr. Anania previously served as a hospitalist at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach. As Flagler medical director, Dr.
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Does Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Apply to Hospital Medicine?
February 19, 2016
Every American knows this well-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, which describes the three “unalienable rights” ordained on humans by their Creator and which governments are bound to dutifully protect.
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Dabigatran and Warfarin are Both Used for Stroke-prevention in Patients with AF but their Side effects Differ
February 19, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dabigatran and warfarin offer similar stroke-prevention efficacy in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but their side effect profiles differ, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world clinical practice. "There could be many reasons for the d
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Year of the Hospitalist: Celebrating 20 Years of Medicine’s Fastest-Growing Specialty
February 18, 2016
Twenty years ago, Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, and Lee Goldman, MD, first coined the term “hospitalist” in the New England Journal of Medicine.1 A new medical specialty was born along with a new career path dedicated to promoting exceptional care for hospitalized patients. This year ushers in a n
