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SHM Advocates for Medicare to Cover Skilled-Nursing Facilities
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists push to pass Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act that counts observation status toward three-day requirement for SNF patient care
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Bleeding Risks, Anticoagulants, Hospital-Acquired Infections Among Can’t Miss Topics at HM14
October 1, 2013
Breakout sessions, pre-courses at SHM's 2014 annual meeting to showcase key issues, specialty areas
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Make Plans Now for HM14
October 1, 2013
Registration, scheduling requests, and room reservations can be made for SHM's 2014 annual meeting in Las Vegas March 24-27
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Nine Things Chronic-Pain Specialists Think Hospitalists Need To Know
October 1, 2013
From opioids and methadone to anesthetics and mental health assessments, hospitalists can play key role in chronic-pain management
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Hospitals Reap Potential of Data Mining
October 1, 2013
Hospitalists use tool to predict risk of patient readmission, reduce rates of blood clotting, manage asthma patients
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Hospitalist Groups Extract New Solutions Via Data Mining
October 1, 2013
Technology can assist with clinical decision-making, predict health insurance fraud, identify at-risk patients
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Actors Help Health-Care Providers Develop Better Patient Communication Skills
September 1, 2013
Hospitalists learn how to give bad medical news to patients and families through role-playing with actors portraying patients
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Multiple Approaches to Combat High Hospital Patient Census
September 1, 2013
A production-based pay structure, salary bonuses and incentives, and integration of advanced-practice providers can be effective
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Reviews of Research on Health-Care Acquired Infections, Glucocorticoid Therapy in COPD, and Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intracerebral Hemorrhages
September 1, 2013
Also reviewed this month: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), prophylactic penicillin and recurrent leg cellulitis, and universal ICU decolonization and MRSA, infection rates
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What Are the Indications for a Blood Transfusion?
September 1, 2013
Practice guidelines support clinical judgment, but growing evidence suggests the threshold for blood transfusions should be a hemoglobin level of 7-8 g/dl
