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Nominate Yourself or a Colleague for the SHM Board of Directors
October 1, 2012
SHM is seeking nominations for three open seats for its board of directors, serving a three-year term beginning May, 2013.
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Hospitalists’ Evolving Scope of Practice
October 1, 2012
The Hospitalist's 2012 State of Hospital Medicine survey shows that 57% of adult medicine hospitalist groups provide surgical comanagement services as admitting/attending physicians, not as consultants.
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
October 1, 2012
Prediction tool for neurological outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest; Radiation exposure in integrated healthcare systems; Postoperative troponin predicts 30-day mortality; Clinical prediction model of mortality in acute heart failure; Indwelling pleural catheter vs. talc pleurodesis via chest tube; Early surgery or high-risk, native-valve endocarditis patients; Risk factors after ED visit for syncope; Acute hyperglycemia in CAP patients; Hospital delirium associated with cognitive decline, institutionalization, and death; Seven-day ciproflaxacin effective against acute pyelonephritis; Advance directives in community patients with heart failure; Chlorhexidine bathing effective against CVC-associated bloodstream infections; Simulation training improves lumbar puncture skills; PCP referrals to hospitals and publicly reported data; Medication reconciliation best practices.
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Evidence-Based Care Process Model for Febrile Infants Saves $2 Million
October 1, 2012
The care of febrile infants is common, but practice variation in managing these infants has been noted, and reports of outcome and cost related to implementing local guidelines are limited.
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When Is Testing for Thrombophilia Indicated?
October 1, 2012
Thrombophilia can now be identified in more than half of all patients presenting with venous thromboembolism (VTE), and testing for underlying causes of thrombophilia has become widespread.
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Contracts Need to Ensure Physicians are Free Agents
October 1, 2012
How to avoid restrictive employment agreements that prevent moonlighting, volunteering or appearing as an expert witness outside your clinical practice work.
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Patient Satisfaction Critical to Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program
October 1, 2012
Although patients' happiness is hard to gauge, 30% of the federal program's financial incentive is based upon how well hospitals score on patient satisfaction surveys
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ICU Hospitalist Model Improves Quality of Care for Critically Ill Patients
October 1, 2012
With proper training, hospitalists working in the ICU can benefit the care of critically ill patients
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Sharp Rise in Imaging Test Rates has Slowed
October 1, 2012
The growth rate of advanced diagnostic imaging tests has slowed dramatically, even as total number of tests performed has increased.
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Noisy Hospitals Impede Sleep
October 1, 2012
Sleep-disturbing noise can compromise a patient's recovery process and negatively affect patients' quality of care
