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News
Professional coaching keeps doctors in the game
August 5, 2019
Mayo study looks at another technique to help doctors avoid burnout.
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Opinion
Generalist knowledge is an asset
August 5, 2019
Recognition of the place for HTFMs in hospital medicine has grown in recent years.
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News
Older patients who stop statins may be increasing their cardiovascular risk
August 2, 2019
Discontinuation of statins was associated with an increased risk of hospital admission for a cardiovascular event.
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News
Too many blood cultures ordered for pediatric SSTIs
August 2, 2019
SEATTLE – Culture draws were associated with a 20% increase in hospital length of stay.
News
AI technology meets AFib detection
August 2, 2019
An AI-enabled ECG model suggests clinical implications for early identification of atrial fibrillation.
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News
Enteral feeding is safe during bronchiolitis HFNC
August 2, 2019
SEATTLE – Parents feel better when they know their children are “getting food in their belly.”
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News
U.S. infant mortality continued slow decline in 2017
August 1, 2019
Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest rate; Mississippi had the highest.
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News
Critics say hospital price transparency proposal ‘misses the mark’
July 31, 2019
The proposal from CMS would require hospitals to make public both their list prices and the prices they negotiate with payers.
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News
Short-course azithromycin no benefit in pediatric asthma admissions
July 31, 2019
SEATTLE – Clinicians should consider these data before prescribing azithromycin to children hospitalized with asthma.
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News
CMS plans to give MIPS an overhaul
July 31, 2019
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the changes are designed to make measures more relevant and reporting less burdensome. The changes received a good early review from the American Medical Association.
