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Opinion
Gender bias and pediatric hospital medicine
October 14, 2019
Many pediatric hospitalists have raised concerns about the practice pathway eligibility criteria for the first PHM board certification exam.
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News
Automated ventilation outperformed nurses in post-op cardiac care
October 13, 2019
MADRID – Automated mechanical ventilation keeps post-op patients in safe breathing zones better than nurses.
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News
Who makes the rules? CMS and IPPS
October 12, 2019
The IPPS final rule excluded the proposed broad changes to the MS-DRG system that were in the proposed rule.
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News
CDC updates guidance on vaping-associated lung injury
October 11, 2019
“We are not seeing a drop in cases” but a continuation of the trend of hospitalization and deaths that started in August 2019.
News
Short-term statin use linked to risk of skin and soft tissue infections
October 11, 2019
Use of statins was associated with increased risk of SSTIs at an average of 91, 182, and 365 days.
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News
Considering the value of productivity bonuses
October 9, 2019
Does this common model drive high-value care?
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News
Using AI safely in the clinical setting
October 8, 2019
Hospitalists can help the development of AI tools by participating in research.
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News
Clinician burnout can impact quality of care
October 7, 2019
A meta-analysis suggests that burnout may be associated with lower quality of care, but the effect may be less because of study limitations.
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News
i-HOPE study engages patients, families to improve quality of hospital stays
October 7, 2019
We cannot optimally improve outcomes of hospitalized patients if we don’t have patients’ perspectives.
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Opinion
IDWeek examined hot topics in the clinical treatment of infectious diseases
October 6, 2019
WASHINGTON – Identifying diseases using cell-free microbial DNA from plasma and next-generation DNA sequencing are some of the hot topics in ID diagnosis and treatment.
