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Hospitalist Management Giant Emerges as Sound Physicians, Cogent Healthcare Merge
December 16, 2014
Sound Physicians' recent acquisition of Cogent Healthcare creates the largest hospitalist management group in the country, which may or may not be a good thing, one hospitalist expert notes. The deal, which closed last month, creates a company with more than 1,750 hospitalists in 180 hospitals na
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Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, 37, Confirmed as U.S. Surgeon General
December 16, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7434" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr. Vivek Murthy, hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was confirmed Monday as the youngest U.S. Surgeon General ever.
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No Survival Benefit With Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Septic Shock
December 10, 2014
Clinical question For patients presenting with early septic shock, does early goal-directed therapy reduce mortality? Bottom line As compared with usual resuscitation care, early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) using central venous monitoring does not improve mortality in patients presenting t
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Lower Transfusion Threshold for Sepsis Equals Fewer Transfusions, No Effect on Mortality
December 10, 2014
Clinical question Does a lower transfusion threshold for critically ill patients with septic shock affect outcomes? Bottom line Using a lower threshold for transfusion for patients with septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) decreases the number of transfusions received without affec
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69%: hospitals with perfect hand-hygiene compliance
December 3, 2014
69%: the percentage of hospitals that had perfect compliance with the Leapfrog Group employer coalition’s safe practices for hand hygiene in its 2013 annual quality survey of 1,437 U.S.
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$167 billion: hospital payments forfeited for choosing not to expand Medicaid
December 3, 2014
$167 billion: Amount of federal Medicaid reimbursement payments that hospitals will forego between 2013 and 2022 in states that have opted not to expand their state programs under the 2010 Affordable Care Act. For every $1 a state spends on expanding Medicaid, $13.41 in federal funding flows into
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UpToDate Adds Palliative Care
December 3, 2014
UpToDate, a leading clinical decision support resource for physicians, in July added palliative care as the newest of its 22 medical specialties.
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Wired and Wireless Hospitals Step to the Fore
December 3, 2014
Hospitals and Health Networks in July presented its 16th annual list of Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems. Rigorous criteria were used to identify 375 hospitals that use technology to link up disparate care providers and patients.
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COPD Readmission Penalties Hurt Hospitals Serving Low-Income Patients
December 3, 2014
Government penalties meant to reduce COPD readmissions will unfairly impact hospitals that care for vulnerable patients, according to a report from the University of Michigan. Beginning in January 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will add COPD to its list of medical conditio
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Hospitalists Unionize to Avoid Outsourced Management Model
December 3, 2014
A group of hospitalists in Oregon have formed what is believed to be the first hospitalist union in the country—but it may not be the last. Hospitalists at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center locations in Springfield and Eugene, Ore., voted to form the union, dubbed Pacific Northwest Hospital
