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Physicians-in-Training Committee Chair Outlines SHM’s Young Hospitalist Track at HM15
December 2, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7182" align="alignleft" width="75"] Dr. Tad-y[/caption] For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong track specifically designed for young hospitalists: medical students, residents, and hospitalists just starting their career.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Adds Young Hospitalist Educational Track at HM15
December 2, 2014
HM15 now has education sessions targeted to early-career hospitalists, trainees, and medical students. The sessions will take place March 30, 2015.
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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.
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Ebola Outbreak Reminds Hospitalists How To Prepare for Infectious Disease
December 2, 2014
When the outbreak first started, and in the months that followed, Ebola virus dominated American headlines.
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Pediatric Hospitalist David Pressel, MD, Hooked on Hospital Medicine
December 2, 2014
Sometimes a physician’s choice of specialty is borne of one patient, one mentor, or one experience. And then sometimes there’s just a good feeling. Put David Pressel, MD, PhD, FHM, in the latter category. [caption id="attachment_7188" align="alignright" width="75"] Dr.
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Should Patients with an Unprovoked VTE Be Screened for Malignancy or a Hypercoagulable State?
December 2, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7184" align="alignright" width="280"] Thrombosed blood vessel.
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Advocacy Efforts, Then and Now
December 2, 2014
Another year older, another year wiser. SHM’s advocacy efforts have grown immensely in the last year thanks to proactive members who understand the importance of being involved and taking action.
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Hospitalists’ Potential Impact in Accountable Care Organizations
December 2, 2014
The rise of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), a group of healthcare providers who are answerable for the overall care of patients assigned to them, inclusive of quality and cost, accelerated as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
