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UpToDate Adds Palliative Care
December 3, 2014
UpToDate, a leading clinical decision support resource for physicians, in July added palliative care as the newest of its 22 medical specialties.
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Wired and Wireless Hospitals Step to the Fore
December 3, 2014
Hospitals and Health Networks in July presented its 16th annual list of Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems. Rigorous criteria were used to identify 375 hospitals that use technology to link up disparate care providers and patients.
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LISTEN NOW: Steve Pantilat, MD, SFHM, explains hospitalists’ role in palliative care
December 3, 2014
Steven Z.
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LISTEN NOW: M.D. Anderson hospitalists discuss caring for cancer patients
December 3, 2014
Josiah Halm, MD, and Sahitya Gadiraju, DO, assistant professors of general internal medicine at M.D.
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COPD Readmission Penalties Hurt Hospitals Serving Low-Income Patients
December 3, 2014
Government penalties meant to reduce COPD readmissions will unfairly impact hospitals that care for vulnerable patients, according to a report from the University of Michigan. Beginning in January 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will add COPD to its list of medical conditio
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Hospitalists Unionize to Avoid Outsourced Management Model
December 3, 2014
A group of hospitalists in Oregon have formed what is believed to be the first hospitalist union in the country—but it may not be the last. Hospitalists at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center locations in Springfield and Eugene, Ore., voted to form the union, dubbed Pacific Northwest Hospital
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LISTEN NOW: Highlights of the December 2014 issue of The Hospitalist newsmagazine
December 2, 2014
This month in our issue, our first cover story features "10 Things Oncologists Want Hospitalists to Know." Dr.
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Society of Hospital Medicine To Offer New Programming, Savings, Opportunities at HM15
December 2, 2014
Now is the time to register, make travel arrangements, and book hotel rooms before the rush. Starting early means saving money: The deadline for early online registration—$100 savings—is February 2, 2015.
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Clarification: Hyponatremia Article Chart Should Have Referenced Hypervolemia, Not Hypovolemia
December 2, 2014
Dear Editor: Excellent article on hyponatremia management in the August 2014 issue. I would like to point out a possible error/typo in Figure 2 on page 12.
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Hospitalist Tips for Talking to Seriously Ill Patients
December 2, 2014
The need to relieve patients’ suffering should not be the reason for withdrawing life-sustaining interventions in the ICU, Steven Z.
