News
Don’t Commit to Overcommit
April 1, 2007
How harried hospitalists can avoid taking on too much
![1]()
News
Federal Flu Fighters
April 1, 2007
How the government is planning for a pandemic flu outbreak
![1]()
News
Reduce CR-BSI, Quality Performance Measures, Treat DVT. Plus Adult Bacterial Meningitis in “Classic Lit”
- And David Meltzer, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Of Medicine, University Of Chica;
- David Lovinger, MD, Assistant Professor Of Medicine;
- Greg Lam, MD, Instructor Of Medicine;
- Nilam Soni, MD, Instructor Of Medicine;
- Sameer Badlani, MD, Instructor Of Medicine
March 2, 2007
Reduce CR-BSI
Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2006 Dec 28;355(26):2725-2732.
For practicing clinicians, quality improvement (QI) is a difficult and important task.
News
Score!
- Marlene Piturro, PhD, MBA
March 2, 2007
The connection between hospitalists and core measures scores
![1]()
News
Brazil Blossoms
- André Wajner, MD;
- Fernando Starosta De Waldemar, MD;
- Guilherme Brauner Barcellos, MD
March 2, 2007
Hospital medicine gains ground in South America
News
Perfect Pain Control
March 2, 2007
Specialized training in pain management makes all the difference
News
Surgical Steroid Replacement
March 2, 2007
Avoid adverse consequences by lowering dosages of glucocorticoid supplementation
![1]()
News
Constructive Criticism, Part 2
March 2, 2007
Correct your peers’ performance through informal, one-on-one conversations
![1]()
News
SHM’s VTE Prevention Collaborative
March 1, 2007
Improve VTE prophylaxis and dramatically reduce the incidence of preventable VTE at your hospital
News
A Fine Formation
March 1, 2007
A hospitalist consortium in Michigan huddles on safety and quality