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HM16 Session Analysis: Infectious Disease Emergencies: Three Diagnoses You Can’t Afford to Miss
March 8, 2016
Presenter: Jim Pile, MD, Cleveland Clinic Summary: The following three infectious diagnoses are relatively uncommon but important not to miss as they are associated with high mortality, especially when diagnosis and treatment are delayed.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Hospital Quality, Patient Safety Update for 2015
March 8, 2016
HM16 Presenters: Mangla Gulati, MD, FACP, FHM, and Ian Jenkins, MD Summary: There is some evidence that hospital adverse events may be decreasing.
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Start Thinking about Hospital Medicine 2017
March 8, 2016
Thanks to all who attended HM16 in San Diego! From the featured speakers—Acting Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S.
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Defining Sepsis and Septic Shock
March 8, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Sepsis Definitions Task Force, using expanded quantitative information, has updated its definitions for sepsis and septic shock and the clinical criteria underlying them. Two reports and one summary communication published in JAMA February 23 detail the processes u
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HM16 Session Analysis: Lead Your Way to Success: Five Key Lessons for Hospitalists
March 7, 2016
Physicians Nasim Afsar, MD, SFHM, and Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, presented key leadership lessons to a standing-room-only audience at Hospital Medicine 2016, the “Year of the Hospitalist.” The value of leadership and management skills is important in every day decisions from co-management of patients to
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Public Health
March 7, 2016
Dr. Vivek Murthy delivered an excellent opening address to Hospital Medicine 2016, the “Year of the Hospitalist.” He presented a key message that hospitalists can be major supporters of public health and disease prevention.
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HM16 Session Analysis: ICD-10 Coding Tips
March 7, 2016
Presenter: Aziz Ansari, DO, FHM Summary: With the implementation of ICD-10, correct and specific documentation to ensure proper patient diagnosis categorization has become increasingly important.
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QUIZ: Will My COPD Patient Benefit from Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)?
March 7, 2016
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, Encourages Hospitalists to Lead, Improve Healthcare
March 7, 2016
At #HospMed16 Plenary, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, spoke to a standing-room-only crowd about how hospitalists can lead in “Bringing Health to America.” Dr.
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NPs, PAs Vital to Hospital Medicine
March 7, 2016
Yes, it’s time for another “year ahead” type column where the writer attempts to provide clarity on future events. What does “Hospital Medicine 2016” hold for us?
