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Hospitalists can do better at end-of-life care, expert says
May 3, 2017
High-value care can remain elusive for the most vulnerable of populations.
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Filling the gap: Hospitalists & palliative care
May 1, 2017
There is now an important opportunity for hospitalists to lead prognosis and goals of care communication for their patients.
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Hospital infections top WHO’s list of priority pathogens
April 25, 2017
WHO is urging governments to focus antibiotic research efforts on a list of urgent bacterial threats, topped by several increasingly powerful superbugs.
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Opinion
Everything We Say and Do: Discussing advance care planning
March 31, 2017
Every health care encounter is an opportunity to better identify and document patients’ wishes for their care.
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Preoperative VTEs occurred in 10% of cancer patients
March 27, 2017
SEATTLE – Those with preoperative VTEs were significantly more likely to experience postoperative complications.
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Antipsychotics ineffective for symptoms of delirium in palliative care
March 22, 2017
CLINICAL QUESTION: Do antipsychotics provide symptomatic benefit for delirium in palliative care?
Article
Community-based palliative care reduces hospitalizations
February 15, 2017
Clinical question: Does proactive home- and clinic-based palliative care impact hospital use and health care cost in Medicare Advantage beneficiaries?
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Palliative care: a systematic review for patients and their caregivers
February 13, 2017
Clinical question: What is the association of palliative care programs on quality of life, symptoms, and survival for patients and their caregivers?
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Emergency department visits from adverse drug events
February 11, 2017
Clinical question: The purpose of this study was to describe ED visits for adverse drug events in year 2013-2014 compared to year 2005-2006 to learn changing patterns of ADEs and to help advance medication safety initiatives in outpatient settings.
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February 2, 2017
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