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Liver Transplant Only Cure for Some Inpatients with Cirrhosis
November 30, 2015
Bilal Hameed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco, reviewed a wide range of serious and life-threatening medical complications resulting from cirrhosis during the annual UCSF Management of the Hospitalized Patient conf
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Quality of Healthcare Systems Depends on People Caring Within
November 30, 2015
The experience I describe here is an acute illness that my family experienced. Aside from the actual illness, most of the story will not sound surprising or unique to most of you.
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Opinion
Poor Continuity of Patient Care Increases Work for Hospitalist Groups
November 30, 2015
[caption id="attachment_12166" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] I think every hospitalist group should diligently try to maximize hospitalist-patient continuity, but many seem to adopt schedules and other operational prac
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Patients Dissatisfied with Medicare Advantage Plans
November 20, 2015
NEW YORK - Medicare Advantage plans might not be meeting the needs of patients requiring the costliest and most complex levels of care, a new study suggests. Between 2010 and 2011, such patients were more likely to switch from Medicare Advantage plans to traditional Medicare, rather than vice ver
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ICD-10 Under ACP Scrutiny
November 19, 2015
NEW YORK - While the new International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes offer greater diagnostic precision, their implementation will require training of clinicians, coders, and other staff to minimize payment denials or delays from both public and
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Elderly Patients with Pneumonia Benefit from ICU Care
November 18, 2015
NEW YORK - Elderly patients with pneumonia whose need for intensive care unit (ICU) admission is uncertain actually fare better in the ICU than on the general medical ward, a new study suggests. "Although our results should be confirmed with a randomized trial, clinicians should be aware that man
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Project BOOST Study Is Journal of Hospital Medicine’s Top-Cited Article in 2014
November 17, 2015
A study that examines Project BOOST’s effectiveness at decreasing rehospitalization rates was the top-cited article from the Journal of Hospital Medicine (JHM) in 2014.
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Nursing Care Top-Ranked Factor in Pediatric Inpatient Satisfaction Survey
November 17, 2015
A recent patient satisfaction survey that ranked nursing care as the most important factor within inpatient pediatric care settings comes as no surprise to the chair of SHM’s Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Committee. Published online last month in the American Journal of Medical Quality,
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New ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for Management of SVT
November 17, 2015
NEW YORK - Catheter ablation is favored for the management of most forms of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in adults, according to revised guidelines from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society (ACC/AHA/HRS). SVT affects 2.25 in 1000 individuals in
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Poor Surgical Outcomes for Safety-Net Hospitals
November 16, 2015
NEW YORK - Hospital resources, and not necessarily patient characteristics, may be causing safety-net hospitals to deliver inferior surgical outcomes at increased cost in elective surgical procedures, according to a new study. "Analysis of Medicare Hospital Compare data revealed that safety-net h
