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Expert Witness Primer Offers Tips for Hospitalists
October 5, 2015
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series on hospitalists as expert witnesses. You have officially decided to take the plunge and become an expert witness, but you have never seen the inside of a courtroom, sat for a deposition, or prepared an expert report.
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Hospitalist Lance Maki, MD, Spends Spare Time Tandem Surfing, Practicing Ballet
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11428" align="alignright" width="293"] Dr. Maki playing the part of Herr Drosselmeyer in the Nutcracker at the Cocoa Village (Fla.) Playhouse.Photo courtesy of the Galmont Ballet[/caption] Lance Maki, MD, has accomplished many things in his life.
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Hospitalists Key Partners in Healthcare’s Future, Evolution
October 5, 2015
After a career working for hospitals, I am about to retire as president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), an organization that represents some 5,000 hospitals and health systems.
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Experimental Antibody May Reduce C. diff Recurrence
October 5, 2015
An experimental antibody developed by Merck & Co Inc was shown in pivotal studies to reduce by about 10 percentage points the risk that infection with Clostridium difficile will recur. In the United States, C.
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Hospitalists’ Code of Conduct Needed for Sick Day Callouts
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11419" align="alignright" width="200"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] It is Tuesday morning, and I drag myself out of bed after a very restless night. It is day number three of a syndrome of fatigue, headache, and moderate productive cough.
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Hospitalists Can Be Good Stewards of Healthcare Dollars
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8354" align="alignright" width="150"] amane kaneko[/caption] Are hospitals going to be allowed to start “patient profiling” in order to reduce costs?
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Technology Allows Independent Living for Elderly
October 2, 2015
NEW YORK - Shari Cayle, 75, called "Miracle Mama" by her family ever since she beat back advanced colon cancer seven years ago, is still undergoing treatment and living alone. "I don't want my grandchildren to remember me as the sick one, I want to be the fun one," said Cayle, who is testing a de
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Hospitalization in Lung Cancer Patients More Common Than Anticipated
October 1, 2015
NEW YORK - Chemotherapy-related hospitalization happens much more often in the real world than in drug trials, according to a new study. Patients with advanced lung cancer receiving chemotherapy in real-world settings were almost eight times more likely to be hospitalized during treatment than th
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Nursing Home Residents Likely to Suffer Fractures
September 30, 2015
NEW YORK - Older adults living in long-term care are more than twice as likely as their peers living at home to suffer a fracture, and a new guideline endorsed by the Scientific Advisory Council of Osteoporosis Canada explains how to reduce their risk. Residents of long-term care tend to be frai
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Online Refill Reduces Time Without Statins in Diabetes Patients
September 29, 2015
NEW YORK - Diabetes patients in the Kaiser Health System spent more days with their prescribed statins on hand if they used Kaiser's online refill tool, a study shows. The researchers looked specifically at racial and ethnic minorities and found that while these groups had poorer medication adher
