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Record Attendance, Key Issues Highlight Pediatric Hospital Medicine’s 10th Anniversary
August 19, 2013
Annual meeting of pediatric hospitalists features high-level speakers, an in-depth look at unnecessary treatments, and the JCPHM recommending a 2-year fellowship
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Turn up the tunes in the ICU
August 16, 2013
Can patient-directed music therapy decrease anxiety and reduce sedative use in the intensive care unit?
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No Mortality Benefit to Rapid Reduction of BP for Intracranial Bleeds (INTERACT2)
August 15, 2013
Does early intensive reduction of blood pressure improve outcomes in patients with hemorrhagic strokes?
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Team Approach Vital to Treating Patients with Mental Illness
August 14, 2013
Pharmacists, psychiatrists can help hospitalists determine best drug plan for medically ill patients with psychiatric comorbidity
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Hospital to Gauge Health Benefits of Therapeutic Garden
August 14, 2013
Oregon facility to study whether garden visits can reduce stress, anxiety for patients, families, and hospital staff
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Hospitalists Take Care Transitions Into Their Own Hands
August 12, 2013
Primary care physician (PCP) outreach, follow-up care vital to patient safety, readmission prevention
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Listen to John Vazquez, MD, discuss neurophobia and tips for adjusting to discomfort in treating neuro patients
August 2, 2013
John Vazquez, MD, Medical Director of Emory University Hospital, talks about neurophobia, the discomfort some hospitalists and other doctors feel with regard to treating neurological patients, as well as tips for adjusting to that discomfort
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Oklahoma Hospitalist Discusses Medical Center Devastation, Community Response
August 2, 2013
Joseph R. Womble, MD, talks about the devastating tornado that hit the medical center in Moore, Okla., and how he expects the community to respond
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“Telestroke” care and “teleneurology” give hospitalists additional resources
August 2, 2013
New approach to caring for stroke patients and other neurologic conditions is an emerging, valuable resource
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Listen to Project BOOST lead analyst Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, discuss the outcomes study published in JHM
August 2, 2013
Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, Project Boost lead analyst and lead author of the research paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, talks about the research, its context, the challenges it faced and the results achieved despite the difficulties