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Opinion
Addressing vaccine hesitancy with patients
September 7, 2021
Why are some patients hesitant about receiving a lifesaving vaccine?
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COVID-clogged ICUs ‘terrify’ those with chronic or emergency illness
September 1, 2021
"We are playing musical chairs with 100 people and 10 chairs. When the music stops, what happens?"
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News
Weathering this storm and the next
- Brent Mothner, MD, FAAP;
- Michelle A. Lopez, MD, MPH, FAAP;
- Ricardo Quinonez, MD, FHM, FAAP;
- Teena Hadvani, MD, FAAP;
- Vicki Uremovich, DO, FAAP
August 20, 2021
Disaster preparedness is achieved with the nonstop cycle of planning, coordinating, and recognizing vulnerable areas.
News
AMA, 55 other groups urge health care vax mandate
July 27, 2021
“We must continue to address workers’ concerns, engage with marginalized populations, and work with trusted messengers to improve vaccine acceptance.”
News
‘Dealing with a different beast’: Why Delta has doctors worried
July 21, 2021
“We are either going to get vaccinated and end the pandemic, or we’re going to accept death and a lot of it.”
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Opinion
“Enough English” to be at risk
July 13, 2021
One way to bypass language barriers is to recognize the value added by hiring and training bilingual health care providers.
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News
Hotspotting does not reduce readmissions
- Sadie Trammell Velasquez, MD
July 1, 2021
Does the addition of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Provider’s care-transition program prevent hospital readmission in high utilizers of health care services?
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News
Fact or fiction? Intravascular contrast and acute kidney injury
- Bradley M. Yamanaka, MD;
- Mel L. Anderson, MD, MACP
June 22, 2021
The risks of contrast-associated AKI are overstated, implying the truer danger lies with inadequate imaging.
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News
Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship for lower respiratory tract infection
- Gregory Seymann, MD, SFHM;
- Pedro Ramos, MD
May 18, 2021
For hospitalists, the most clinically useful role for PCT testing is to guide the duration of antibiotic therapy.
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News
SHM 2021 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Awards
May 6, 2021
The Society of Hospital Medicine presents its annual Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Awards at SHM Converge.