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News
Position Paper on Critical-Care Debate Did Not Address Family Practice Physicians in ICU
January 1, 2013
The main thrust of the paper, "The Critical-Care Debate" article in The Hospitalist, October, 2012 issue, focuses specifically on physicians trained in internal medicine
News
Tailored Health IT Improves VTE Rates
December 26, 2012
Study shows value of electronic decision support tools, could spark physician buy-in
News
Hospitalist Approach Good Model for Managing Patients
December 6, 2012
Coordinating services between hospital subspecialists could improve patient care
Audio
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Experts discuss how HM group’s rely on locum tenens
December 2, 2012
Listen to Robert Bessler of Sound Physicians and Brent Bormaster of StaffCare explain the importance locums physicians and agencies, and why HM groups find them a staffing necessity
News
More Hospitals Report Zero Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)
December 2, 2012
Nearly 70% of hospitals participating in a national safety program reported zero central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) during a quarter of 2011, up from 27.3% from the previous year
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Innovator of Care Transitions Model for Hospital Patients Honored
December 2, 2012
Geriatrician Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado at Denver, and pioneer of the celebrated Care Transitions Model for discharged hospital patients, wins MacArthur Foundation “genius” award
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Introducing Neuroquality and Neurosafety
December 2, 2012
How recent breakthroughs in brain science and related fields will impact quality improvement (QI) and patient safety in hospitals
News
12 Things Hospitalists Need to Know About Nephrology
December 2, 2012
Kidney experts offer tips to help hospitalists better care for their patients
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Guidelines Help Hospitalists Manage Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
December 2, 2012
Mount Sinai Medical Center expert outlines ACS treatment guidelines, new advances, and performance measures at the seventh annual Mid-Atlantic Hospital Medicine Symposium last October in New York City
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The Hospital Home Team: Physicians Increase Focus on Inpatient Care
December 2, 2012
Adminstrators look to hospitalists to solve workload, staffing and scope-of-practice issues
