News
Hospitals Seek Ways to Defuse Angry Doctors
April 10, 2013
A new counseling program aims to help physicians target internal factors that lead to disruptive behavior
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Bob Wachter Puts Forward Spin on Patient Safety, Quality of Care at HM13
April 1, 2013
The eponymous hospital medicine convention speaker plans to reaffirm hospitalists’ commitment to deliver safe, high-quality patient care in his address at SHM’s annual meeting in May
News
ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
- David Lee, MD, MBA;
- Department OF;
- Indranill Basu Ray, MD;
- Jeremiah Newsom, MD;
- Lakshmi Ravipati, MD;
- Luis Teixeira, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
April 1, 2013
Value of routine preoperative urine screening assessed; Impact of hospitalist-led intermediate care on patient survival; Risks of blood transfusion to treat upper GI bleeding; Low-dose steroids and increased mortality in sepsis; Reduced length of stay and hospital readmission rates; Restrictive blood transfusion strategies better for acute myocardial infarction; Trends in GI illnesses and their associated costs; Apixaban as a stand-alone anticoagulant in patients with VTE; Guidelines for upper endoscopy use in gastroesophageal reflux disease
News
ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
- Aaron C. Hamilton, MD, MBA, FACP;
- Anil Reddy Anumandla, MD;
- Fawn Langerman, MD;
- Prashant Sharma, MD;
- Priyanka Bhateja, MD;
- Varalakshmi Janamanchi, MD
December 2, 2012
Burnout among physicians and the general workforce; Effects of clopidogrel added to aspirin in patients with recent lacunar stroke; Bleeding risk prediction scores in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing anticoagulation; Probiotics for secondary prevention of hepatic encephalopathy; Capsule endoscopy for acute obscure GI bleeding; Perceptions of readmitted patients transitioning from hospital to home; 30-day readmissions after acute myocardial infarction; One-hour rule-out or rule-in for AMI in chest pain; Aspirin increases bleed risk without reducing risk of stroke in CKD and NVAF patients
Opinion
John Nelson: Heavy Workloads
November 2, 2012
Dearth of data doesn’t green-light high patient census
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Pressure to Expand Scope of Practice Extends to Most U.S. Hospitalists
November 1, 2012
Knowing where, and how, to draw the line will help hospitalists avoid over-expanding their services
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News
Are Your Hospitalists Bored?
August 29, 2012
A toolkit to keep your hospitalists fulfilled, engaged, and happy.
News
Report Finds Some Hospitalists Engage in Various Levels of Unprofessionalism
July 3, 2012
Most transgressions considered “low-level” unprofessional behavior
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Rural Hospitalists Face Myriad Challenges, Rewards
July 3, 2012
In addition to the lack of specialist backup, recruiting doctors to fill hospitalist positions in rural settings can be a major challenge.
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Hospitalists Can Help Solve Residency Duty-Hour Issues
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
July 3, 2012
HM appears well-positioned to benefit from changes brought about under the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s residency program regulations.