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May 5, 2015

For the first time, a hospitalist tops Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders list. The who’s who of standout physicians starts with HM pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, chief of the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medic

May 5, 2015

[caption id="attachment_9635" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Manuel Noguera[/caption] The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) recently published a list of performance measures to assess the quality o

May 5, 2015

Photographs from Hospital Medicine 2015, which took place March 29-April 1 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. Photos by Manuel Noguera [gallery ids="9476,9477,9479,9480,9481,9482,9483,9484,9485,9486,9487,9488,9489,9490,9491,9492,9493,9494,9495,9496,9497

May 5, 2015

Photographs from Hospital Medicine 2015, which took place March 29-April 1 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. Photos by Manuel Noguera [gallery ids="9426,9427,9428,9429,9430,9431,9432,9433,9434,9435,9436,9437,9439,9440,9441,9442,9444,9445,9447,9449,9450,945

May 4, 2015

Clinical question: Does a restrictive transfusion strategy improve outcomes following nonemergent cardiac surgery? Bottom line: For patients undergoing cardiac surgery, using a restrictive transfusion strategy with a hemoglobin threshold of 7.5 g/dL does not decrease serious infections or ischemi

May 4, 2015

Clinical question: Does endovascular treatment improve outcomes for patients with acute ischemic stroke? Bottom line: For patients with acute ischemic stroke and imaging that suggests a proximal artery occlusion with evidence of good collateral circulation, the use of rapid endovascular treatment

May 4, 2015

Photographs from the first day of Hospital Medicine 2015, which took place March 29-April 1 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. Photos by Manuel Noguera [gallery ids="9553,9555,9556,9557,9558,9559,9560,9561,9562,9563,9564,9565,9566,9567,9568,9569,9570,9571,9

May 4, 2015

May 3, 2015

[caption id="attachment_9275" align="alignright" width="300"] (click for larger image)Pituitary gland in the brain. Computer artwork of a person's head showing the left hemisphere of the brain inside. The highlighted area (center) shows the pituitary gland.

May 1, 2015

Photographs from Hospital Medicine 2015, which took place March 29-April 1 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md. Photos by Manuel Noguera [gallery ids="9197,9196,9195,9194,9193,9192,9191,9190,9189,9188,9187,9186,9185,9184,9183,9182,9181,9180,9179,9178,9177,917