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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
February 8, 2012
Suboptimal Quality of Life and Burnout are Common in Internal-Medicine Residents
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Join Team Hospitalist
February 8, 2012
Have insight and opinion on HM topics? Apply to join Team Hospitalist, our volunteer physician advisory council.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Shifting Strategies Can Make Physician Workloads Manageable
February 8, 2012
More physician shifts mean more staff available to care for patients, which could lead to a lower and more manageable average census
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Med-Peds Physicians Make their Mark
February 8, 2012
Physicians trained in both internal medicine and pediatrics can help ease the transition of chronically ill adolescents to adult care
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalist, IHO president discuss how hospitals become overwhelmed with patients
February 8, 2012
Listen to Ellis Knight, MD, MBA, FHM, discuss research by the Institute for Healthcare Optimization (IHO) and IHO president and CEO Eugene Litvak, PhD, talk about how hospitals become overwhelmed with patients.
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Smartphone Use During Rounds Comes Under Fire
February 1, 2012
Handheld devices can be a serious source of distraction
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Hospitalist/Palliative-Care Collaboration Aims to Reduce Readmissions
February 1, 2012
Wisconsin hospital sees positive changes since implementing Project BOOST tools
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Physician Involvement in Hospital Quality and Safety Programs
January 27, 2012
Do we encourage all doctors to participate, or do we require all doctors to participate?
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Appropriate Patient Census: Hospital Medicine’s Holy Grail
January 27, 2012
With no clear guideline, HM groups search for the perfect number. Some say more is better, some say less.
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In the Literature: Physician Reviews of HM-Related Research
January 27, 2012
Hospitalist views on readmission prevention;2 Characteristics of hospital ICU readmission; Effect of clopidogrel on bleeding outcomes in vascular surgery; Time- versus tissue-based diagnosis of TIA; ETT versus ETT with imaging for the diagnosis of CAD in women; Effect of high urine output with adequate hydration on contrast-induced nephropathy; Stroke rate in CABG patients with severe carotid artery stenosis; Effect of cardiac arrest on long-term cognition
