News
Hospital Management of Patients Presenting with ALTE: An Evidence-Based Approach
April 8, 2015
In a presentation on guidelines for ALTE, Jack Percelay, SHM representative to the AAP Subcommittee, provided further insight to the work that has been done for the clinical entity known as apparent life-threatening events (ALTE) since a consensus statement was put forward by the NIH in 1986.
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LISTEN NOW: Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP provides tips on improving care transitions
April 4, 2015
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, a hospitalist and founder of Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, talks about what clinicians can do to help improve care transitions based on her experience directing IHI’s STAAR Initiative (State-Action on Avoidable Re-hospitalizations). [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospita
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LISTEN NOW: Bob Wachter, MD, MHM discusses the many facets of healthcare IT
April 4, 2015
Listen to more of our interview with Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, on the gains, losses, and consequences resulting from healthcare IT. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Audio-Clip-Wachter-2.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, SFHM, gives advice on assessing leadership skills
April 4, 2015
Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, SFHM, talks about mentors and assessing your personal qualities to be a good leader. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Gundersen_CareerCenter1_FINAL_0125151.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Daniel Hunt, MD elaborates on recent article on primary care providers
April 4, 2015
Listen to Daniel Hunt, MD, chief of the hospital medicine unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discuss his recent article titled “Perspectives” in the New England Journal of Medicine on consultation visits by primary care providers. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content
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LISTEN NOW: Eric Howell, MD, SFHM discusses care transitions and readmissions
April 4, 2015
Johns Hopkins hospitalist Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, discusses connections between SHM, hospitalist practices, handoffs, and successful care transitions. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HOWELLclip_Readmissions_FINAL_021814.mp3"][/audio]
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Opinion
Rapid-Response Teams Help Hospitalists Manage Non-Medical Distress
April 3, 2015
A team that could respond quickly to social and behavioral concerns—and not medical issues per se—would have tremendous benefits for patients and caregivers. I think there has been a steady increase, over the last 20 years or so, in the number of very unhappy, angry, or misbehaving patients (e.g.
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Continuity Visits by Primary Care Physicians Could Benefit Inpatients
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignright" width="295"] Internist Gila Kriegel, MD, says most PCPs “likeseeing their patients through the course ofthe illness.”[/caption] Hospital medicine leaders have long acknowledged the disconnects in medical care that occur at discharge.
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Service Distinction Crucial for Medical Claim Submissions
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8700" align="alignright" width="295"] Image credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] Hospitalists often are tasked with coordinating and overseeing patient care throughout a hospitalization.
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Fondaparinux for Treatment of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
April 3, 2015
Clinical question: Is fondaparinux as safe and effective as argatroban and danaparoid in treating heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? Background: Guidelines for the treatment of HIT recommend using danaparoid (factor Xa inhibitor), argatroban, or lepirudin (both direct thrombin inhibitors).
