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What Should I Do If I Get a Needlestick?
October 1, 2010
Healthcare workers who suffer needlestick injuries require immediate identification and attention to avoid transmission of such infectious diseases as HIV, HBV, and HCV.
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Endangered Species?
October 1, 2010
Primary care faces myriad challenges, but help is on the way
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Should hospitalists accept gifts from pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech companies?
October 1, 2010
CON: You might not know it, but samples and free lunches influence decisions
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Should hospitalists accept gifts from pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech companies?
October 1, 2010
PRO: Listen, learn, then make your own informed decision
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To Err is Human
October 1, 2010
SHM enacts new systems, protocols to eliminate missteps
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Playground Politics
September 1, 2010
Congress continues to meddle with Medicare’s reimbursement formula
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Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Guidelines Produce $20M in Medicare Savings
September 1, 2010
Falls and trauma account for 34% of all HACs reported from October 2008 to June 2009, followed by vascular catheter-associated infection (16%) and catheter-associated UTIs (16%).
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The Coming Challenges—and Opportunities—of Value-Based Purchasing
August 2, 2010
The Coming Challenges—and Opportunities—of Value-Based Purchasing The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March, furthering the federal government’s commitment to increasing the efficiency of the U.S. healthcare system by decreasing cost and improving quality.
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Market Watch
August 2, 2010
New Drugs, Indications, Dosage Forms, and Approvals Hydromorphone extended-release tablets (Exalgo) have been approved by the FDA as a once-daily treatment for managing moderate to severe pain in opioid-tolerant patients needing continuous opioid analgesia for an extended period of time.1 This f
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Raise the ‘Red Flags’
August 2, 2010
Congressional inaction puts medical practices at risk
