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Choosing Wisely in Hospital Medicine: Accomplishments and What the Future Holds
April 1, 2015
John Bulger, DO, MBA reviewed the components of the Choosing Wisely campaign and SHM’s recommendations in an era where providing high value cost-conscious care is key to optimizing the health of our patients.
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Striving For Optimal Care: Updates in Quality, Value, and Patient Satisfaction
March 31, 2015
In this session, Drs. Michelle Mourad and Christopher Moriates took a systematic approach to answer quality questions that we commonly encounter in our hospitalist practice.
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Hospitalist Continuity Doesn’t Affect Adverse Events among Inpatients
March 24, 2015
Hospitalist continuity does not appear to be associated with the incidence of adverse events (AEs), according to a new report in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Authors used two methods to measure continuity: the Number of Physicians Index (NPI) represented the total number of unique hospitalists
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Perioperative Hyperglycemia Increases Risk of Poor Outcomes in Nondiabetics
March 24, 2015
Clinical question: How does perioperative hyperglycemia affect the risk of adverse events in diabetic patients compared to nondiabetic patients? Background: Perioperative hyperglycemia is associated with increased rates of infection, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death.
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Federal Program to Cut Hospital Readmissions Turns Out Modest Results
March 10, 2015
A new report has found that only a small number of groups included in a government-funded experiment to cut Medicare readmissions actually produced results.
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Hospitalists Gear Up for HM15
March 10, 2015
Hospital medicine will descend on Washington, D.C., again. At least 2,500 attendees are expected at SHM's annual meeting, HM15, which kicks off March 29 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
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2011 Resident Work Hour Reforms Had No Effect on Mortality or Readmissions
March 9, 2015
Clinical question Did the 2011 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education resident work hour reforms affect patient outcomes? Bottom line Resident work hour reforms were proposed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to reduce resident fatigue (and thus p
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Chlorhexidine Bathing Does Not Reduce Nosocomial Infections
March 9, 2015
Clinical question: For critically ill patients, does daily bathing with chlorhexidine reduce health care–associated infections? Bottom line These results show that daily chlorhexidine bathing does not significantly affect the incidence of health care–associated infections.
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Tip-Top Tactics for Bedside Procedure Training
March 6, 2015
David Lichtman, PA, director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service in Baltimore, Md., says bedside procedure training should be consistent and thorough, regardless of whether the trainee is a medical student, a resident, a fellow, or an established physician.
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What Is the Best Approach to a Cavitary Lung Lesion?
March 3, 2015
Case A 66-year-old homeless man with a history of smoking and cirrhosis due to alcoholism presents to the hospital with a productive cough and fever for one month. He has traveled around Arizona and New Mexico but has never left the country.
