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Key Communication Tactics Highlighted in ‘Everything We Say and Do’
March 24, 2016
“Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
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CDC Released Voluntary Guidelines to Help Lower Opioid and Abuse of Painkillers
March 24, 2016
(Reuters) - Addressing a growing "epidemic" of opioid overdoses and abuse of the prescribed painkillers in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released voluntary guidelines that instruct primary care doctors to sharply deter use of the medicines for chronic p
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Hospital Medicine 2016 Brims with Lively Talks, Record Crowds in San Diego
March 23, 2016
Yes, it rained some in dry San Diego—for the first time in a month, according to locals. But that was the extent of the disappointment at HM16—SHM’s annual meeting highlighted by inspiring words from the U.S.
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‘Everything We Say and Do’: Soliciting Goals from Our Patients and Their Families
March 23, 2016
Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
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Community Partnerships, Data Key to Readmission Reduction in Diverse Populations
March 23, 2016
When Houston Methodist Hospital noticed patients in one particular zip code were failing to make it to follow-up appointments after hospital discharge, they looked into it. “We found it wasn’t on a bus route,” says Janice Finder, RN, MSN, director of the hospital’s Transitions in Care program and
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Study Suggests Growing Up in a Stress-Free Environment Lowers your Risk of Heart Attacks
March 23, 2016
(Reuters Health) - Kids who live in a stress-free environment may grow up to be adults with a lower risk of heart attacks than their peers who experience social, emotional or financial difficulties during childhood, a Finnish study suggests. Researchers assessed psychosocial factors in 311 kids a
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Hospitalist Engagement Benchmarking Service Returns for 2016
March 22, 2016
Engaged hospitalists drive quality care, and SHM has the tools to help you assess the level of engagement of hospitalists in your hospital medicine group. SHM offered a Hospitalist Engagement Benchmarking Service in 2015 and analyzed engagement of approximately 1,500 hospitalists.
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Leadership Academy 2016 heads to Florida in October
March 22, 2016
Ever wish you had more leadership training in medical school or your residency programs? Feel a bit overwhelmed when developing operational plans for your hospital or negotiating important contracts?
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Researchers Say Procalcitonin is Linked to Shorter Treatment and Reduced Mortality in Critically Ill
March 22, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Use of the marker procalcitonin to guide antibacterial therapy in the critically ill is associated with shorter treatment and reduced mortality, according to Dutch researchers. As Dr.
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VTEP Guidelines Can Be Systematically Implemented in Pediatric Inpatients
March 21, 2016
Clinical question: Can venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEP) guidelines be systematically implemented in a pediatric inpatient population? Background: VTEP for hospitalized adult medical patients has been characterized in the literature as being safe and efficacious, although mortality benefi
