News
FDA issues new REMS for immediate-release opioids
September 18, 2018
For the first time, training will be made available to health care providers, nurses, and pharmacists involved in pain management.
News
Expert panel updates guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for AF
September 18, 2018
The new guidelines highlight 60 key recommendations from the 12-person expert panel.
Opinion
White coats and provider attire: Does it matter to patients?
September 18, 2018
Compared with photo stills and films from the 1960s, the doctors of today appear like vagabonds.
News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – Sept. 2018
September 17, 2018
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
News
AAP guidelines emphasize gender-affirmative care
September 17, 2018
You can transform your office into a place where TGD youth feel safe.
News
Disruptive physicians: Is this an HR or MEC issue?
September 16, 2018
Experts explain when to take disruptive behavior to human resources or the medial executive committee (or both) and the pros and cons of each path.
News
Risk factors for postop cardiac events differ between vascular and general surgery
September 14, 2018
Predictive risk factors for cardiac events after general and vascular surgery differed significantly.
News
FDA attacks antibiotic resistance with new strategy
September 14, 2018
Four-pronged approach addresses product development, stewardship, surveillance, and science.
News
Hospitalist NPs and PAs note progress
September 14, 2018
Integrating NPs and PAs into hospitalist groups successfully is a “nuanced and multilayered” process.
Article
More than half of urine drug screens showed improper medication use
September 13, 2018
LAS VEGAS – One sample in every five showed a combination of opioids and benzodiazepines, at least one of which was an unprescribed medication.