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Improved Diet Is Recipe for Improved Inpatient Outcomes
September 11, 2014
Nutrition awareness group credits attention to inpatient diets with shorter lengths of stay, fewer avoidable hospital readmissions
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Negotiation Skills for Physicians
September 3, 2014
Basic concepts, processes that can lead to successful negotiations
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Medical Billing Protocol for Discharge Summary Preparation, Signoff
September 2, 2014
Proper procedures for nurse practitioners, physician assistants
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Chris LaChance, MD, Plans Lifelong Career in Hospital Medicine
September 2, 2014
Baystate Medical Center’s 2011 “Hospitalist of the Year” enjoys professional challenge, variation that HM offers
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Hospitalist Ann Sheehy, MD, MS, FHM, Testifies Before Congress About Medicare
September 2, 2014
Outlines for lawmakers hospitalists’ concerns about two-midnight rule, observation status, audit program
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Which Patients Should Receive Bridging Anticoagulation?
September 2, 2014
Risk of thrombosis, bleeding must be considered when determining selection, logistics of antithrombotic bridging for inpatients
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Dexamethasone Equivalent to Prednisone/Prednisolone in Symptomatic Improvement, Risk of Revisit for Acute Asthma Exacerbations
September 2, 2014
Benefits found with dexamethasone use compared with corticosteroids for children with mild-to-moderate asthma exacerbations
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Higher Mean Arterial Pressure in Septic Shock Patients Doesn’t Decrease Mortality
September 2, 2014
Mortality rates not significantly different in patients with septic shock randomized to higher MAP targets
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Infection Risk Decreases With Lower Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds
September 2, 2014
Restrictive RBC transfusion guidelines associated with less risk of healthcare-acquired infections than liberal transfusion thresholds
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Head Computed Tomography Scans Not Needed for Most Delirium Inpatients
September 2, 2014
CT scans found to have low diagnotistic utility for delirious inpatients without head trauma, fall, or known intracranial process
