News
Hand Hygiene Makes Headlines
January 27, 2012
Multiple efforts aim to raise awareness about hand hygiene in health facilities.
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By the Numbers: 57
January 27, 2012
Percentage of responding physicians who say they are using electronic health records
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Resume Red Flags
January 27, 2012
Recognize warning signs, mitigate damage, and promote your positives
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Medical Decision-Making Factors Include Quantity of Information, Complexity
January 27, 2012
Physicians tend to undervalue their services, partly due to a general lack of understanding with respect to documentation guidelines
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IPAB is Medicare’s New Hammer for Spending Accountability
January 27, 2012
The Independent Payment Advisory Board will have the authority to cut Medicare provider spending to keep it below a cap, with unprecedented autonomy.
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Seven-Day Schedule Could Improve Hospital Quality, Capacity
January 5, 2012
A new study evaluating outcomes for hospitals participating in the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines program found no correlation between high performance on adhering to measures and care standards for acute myocardial infarction and for heart failure despite overlap between the sets of care processes.
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In the Literature: The latest research you need to know
December 21, 2011
Procalcitonin-guided therapy decreases antimicrobial duration in ICU patients; High residual platelet reactivity increases risk of cardiovascular events among patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI; Conservative treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis is associated with improved outcomes; Cardiac MRI complements clinical findings in diagnosis of stress cardiomyopathy; Increased risk of potentially inadvertent medication discontinuation following acute-care hospitalization; Clinical exam remains valuable in the diagnosis of patients admitted to a medicine service; RDW predicts all-cause mortality and bloodstream infection in ICU patients
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Survey Insights: Peeking under the Hood of Academic HM
December 21, 2011
The 2011 State of Hospital Medicine report offers insights into the operation of academic hospital medicine practices and how they compare with their nonacademic peers.
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I Resolve…
December 21, 2011
…to embrace children's books, Twitter, and Kim Kardashian
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Opinion
Reimbursement Readiness
December 21, 2011
Documentation improvement, regulatory acumen key maximization of Medicare dollars
