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Submit Your HM14 Scientific Abstracts Soon
November 1, 2013
Deadline for submissions to SHM's Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster and oral competition is December 1
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
November 1, 2013
The latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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Concern about Copper’s Effectiveness in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
November 1, 2013
Despite its antimicrobial properties, copper plating should be done with foresight, caution
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Four Recommendations to Help Hospitalists Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
November 1, 2013
How to prevent infections, track their causes, and identify risk factors
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Hospitalists Poised to Prevent, Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
November 1, 2013
CDC report is call to action against dangerous bugs, including Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
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Culture Shift Required to Defeat Defensive Medicine
November 1, 2013
Hospitalists should stop ordering tests that lead to unnecessary hospital costs, threaten patient safety for the sake of medical liability
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Why Hospitalists Remain Outside Malpractice Insurers’ High-Risk Categories, For Now
November 1, 2013
Insiders offer tips for managing exposure to lawsuits, suggest proactive approach
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Agency Funding for Healthcare Research Could Benefit Hospital Medicine
October 23, 2013
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) plans to award $300 million this year
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Readmission Rates Not Effective Quality Measure of Pediatric Patient Care
October 23, 2013
Study finds low hospital volumes limit usefulness of data
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I COUGH for Prevention of Postop Pulmonary Complications
October 17, 2013
Does implementation of the I COUGH strategy improve pulmonary outcomes in postoperative patients?
