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Some Readmission Risk Factors Not Captured by Medicare
December 14, 2015
Clinical question: Are there patient characteristics not currently measured by the Medicare readmission program that account for differences in hospital readmission rates? Background: The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) financially penalizes hospitals with higher than
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Methylphenidate Linked to Sleep and Appetite Loss
December 14, 2015
LONDON - Researchers voiced concern on Nov.
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Leadership Academy ‘Hits Nail on the Head’
December 11, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11505" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Galloway[/caption] The Leadership Academy, presented by SHM, was held in October in Austin, Texas.
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Team Hospitalist Advisory Board Accepting Applications for 2016-2018 Terms
December 10, 2015
The Hospitalist, the official news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, is always on the lookout for creative individuals dedicated to the field of hospital medicine to assist with editorial ideas and occasional writing. Team Hospitalist is a voluntary, editorial advisory board made up o
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Stent Thrombosis Risk Linked to Bioresorbable Scaffold
December 8, 2015
NEW YORK - Restenosis rates are similar one year after implantation of an everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold or an everolimus-eluting metallic stent, but the scaffold has a higher risk of device thrombosis within 30 days, a new meta-analysis shows. The meta-analysis suggests that
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Listen Now: Highlights of the December 2015 issue of The Hospitalist
December 7, 2015
Highlights from the December 2015 issue of The Hospitalist include a look at ways hospitals can better care for unassigned or uninsured patients, how electronic health record implementation has contributed to physician burnout, and our key clinical question examines strategies for secondary stroke p
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IVUS Stent Implantation Could Reduce Cardiac Events
December 7, 2015
NEW YORK - Intravascular ultrasound-guided (IVUS) stent implantation can lead to fewer adverse cardiac events compared with angiography-guided implantation, according to a new trial. "Among patients requiring long coronary stent implantation, the use of IVUS-guided everolimus-eluting stent implan
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Unassigned, Undocumented Patients Take a Toll on Healthcare and Hospitalists
December 3, 2015
When a patient must remain in the acute care hospital setting—despite being well enough to transition to a lower level of care, costs continue to mount as the patient receives care at the most expensive level. “But policymakers must understand that reducing support for essential hospitals might s
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99% of Medical-Device Monitoring Alerts Not Actionable
December 3, 2015
Nearly all medical-device monitoring alerts on regular hospital units were found not to be actionable, according to a study by pediatrician and researcher Chris Bonafide, MD, MSCE, at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, based on reviewing hours of video from patient rooms.1 Reference Bonafide
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Heparin Bridging for Atrial Fibrillation
December 3, 2015
Maralyssa Bann, MD, Kay M. Johnson, MD, Anneliese M. Schleyer, MD, MHA, FHM, Shobha W. Stack, MD, PhD, Lindee Strizich, MD, MSc, Jessica S. Woan, MD; Hospital Medicine Program, University of Washington Medicine, Seattle
