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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Aims to Define Itself
August 2, 2013
Future of pediatric hospitalists may involve more options than two-year fellowship leading to certification
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Hospital Medicine Groups Must Determine Tolerance Levels for Workload, Night Work
August 2, 2013
Hospitalists' stamina, fatigue threshold, and desire for work-life balance should be considered
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Letters: Are Lean Management Principles Going Astray in Health Care?
August 1, 2013
Health care professionals have adopted waste elimination as Lean's mantra, not its goal of delivering high-quality service to patients
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Hospitals Report 30-Day Readmissions Dip with SHM’s Project BOOST
July 31, 2013
Data show 2% drop in avoidable rehospitalizations as critics question program’s effectiveness, impact
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Rising Medicare Spending for End-of-Life Care Brings Patients’ Wishes into Focus
July 31, 2013
Patients increasingly use hospice services over hospitalization in their last days, study shows
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Improved Mortality Rates with Prone Positioning in Severe ARDS
July 18, 2013
Do patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome who require mechanical ventilation fare better with early prone positioning?
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Universal MRSA Decolonization in ICU Leads to Fewer Bloodstream Infections
July 18, 2013
Does universal decolonization for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients in the intensive care unit decrease the rate of MRSA-positive clinical cultures?
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Emergency Department EHRs Raise Quality, Safety Concerns
July 17, 2013
Study highlights lack of industrywide standards, potential hazards for medical records
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Surgical-Site-Infection Risk Not Associated with Prophylactic Antibiotic Timing
July 17, 2013
Administering antibiotics 60 minutes pre-incision doesn’t significantly reduce post-operative infection rates: JAMA study
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Two Distinct Pathways to Hospital Leadership
July 8, 2013
Experts offer career advancement routes, warn hospitalists of time, energy, and financial commitment
