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Innovative Use of Scribes in the Inpatient Setting
October 1, 2010
Over the past couple of decades, the ever-increasing medical-legal, financial, and patient-safety demands have led to a mushrooming of the amount of documentation needed during patient care, especially in the inpatient setting.
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Market Watch
October 1, 2010
New generics, new indications, and safety information
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
October 1, 2010
Physician reviews of recent studies, including the effect of early follow-up on readmission rates, heart rate control and outcomes in atrial fibrillation, pneumococcal vaccine to prevent stroke and MI, and CT in patients with suspected coronary artery disease
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What Should I Do If I Get a Needlestick?
October 1, 2010
Healthcare workers who suffer needlestick injuries require immediate identification and attention to avoid transmission of such infectious diseases as HIV, HBV, and HCV.
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Back to Basics
October 1, 2010
How hospitalist services can justify daily care
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28,999 and Me
October 1, 2010
The names behind the number
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Should HM Redefine Its Role as Provider and Adjust Expectations for Inpatient Care?
October 1, 2010
Patients are figuring out that not all hospitalists are doing what they are supposed to do when it comes to communications and establishing safe transitions of care.
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Innovators Descend on Annual Pediatric HM Conference
September 1, 2010
More than 400 people attended the Pediatric Hospital Medicine annual conference July 22-25 in Minneapolis.
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Hospitalist/Intensivist Model Lowers Costs, Maintains Quality of Care
September 1, 2010
As the field of HM continues to mature, branch out, and is called upon to lead in the care of a larger cross-section of hospitalized patients, it is only natural that this includes the critically ill patient.
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In the Literature
September 1, 2010
The latest research you need to know
