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    Fishing for a Diagnosis

    November 1, 2006

    A 63-year-old female with a history of hypertension and nicotine dependence presented with acute substrenal chest pain.

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    SHM Heart Failure Research Program Awardees

    November 1, 2006

    Meet the winners

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    Advocacy Efforts Continue in Support of Proposed E&M Increases

    November 1, 2006

    SHM intensified its advocacy efforts over the past several months in support of proposed changes to the Medicare physician fee schedule that would significantly increase payments to hospitalists for many services next year, if adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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    Membership and Marketing Initiatives

    November 1, 2006

    I joined SHM earlier this year to work with SHM’s Membership and Marketing staff. My role at SHM is to manage our growing organization’s communications. So what does that mean in real terms?

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    The Hammer and the Anvil

    November 1, 2006

    The ethics of P4P for hospitalists

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    Doctors of the American Frontier

    August 2, 2006

    Surgeon George Miller Sternberg Discussions of the mid-19th century American physician often conjure up images of the surgeons of the Civil War who tirelessly plied their trade during battle: “During the rest of the night and early morning, he [amputated] arms below the elbow and legs below t

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    Rash Judgement

    August 2, 2006

    A 38-year-old, healthy, incarcerated, African-American man presented with a one-and-a-half year history of an eruption in his axillae

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    Shift Perspectives

    August 2, 2006

    Consider a more healthful schedule for your group

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    SHM Surveys Revisited

    August 2, 2006

    The Benchmarks Committee has had a busy 2006 so far.

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    Virus Alerts

    August 2, 2006

    CDC issues warnings about two viruses with serious potential complications