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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The Culture of Medicine Must Change, Watchdog Group Says
January 4, 2012
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS, FACS, director of Somerset, Ky.-based Health Watch USA, discusses the lingering difficulty in changing the culture of medicine to embrace such proven HAI interventions as basic hand hygiene and checklists
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Annals Study Might Not Cover All Situations
December 21, 2011
Just a quick comment regarding your editorial “Fiddling as HM Burns” (The Hospitalist, August 2011, p. 62) with regard to our hospital in the Florida Panhandle.
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Program Targets “Frequent Fliers”
December 21, 2011
Hospitalists help identify patients best cared for via an ED clinic
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
December 21, 2011
Bedside screening tool is very sensitive in detecting acute aortic dissection
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NPs Improve Discharges, Not Readmissions
December 21, 2011
No significant difference 30-day ED visits or readmissions
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Debunking the "Holiday Blues" Myth
December 21, 2011
Depression isn't any worse at the holidays—beware the warning signs
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New ACO Rules Could Improve Enrollment
December 14, 2011
Draft rules increase incentives for joining shared care program, hospitalist says
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Hospitalist Leads Project to Improve Antimicrobial Prescribing
December 14, 2011
University of Michigan's Scott Flanders oversees pilot test of interventions at 8 hospitals
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HM Embraces Smartphones
December 7, 2011
Devices can be used for patient education at discharge, hospitalist says
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
December 7, 2011
Voriconazole and amphotericin B equally effective in patients with ocular candidiasis