News
Hospital safety program curbs surgical site infections
May 25, 2018
An AHRQ-designed program significantly reduced SSIs and improved safety culture in Hawaiian hospitals.
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News
How should asymptomatic hypertension be managed in the hospital?
- And Adam J. Gray, MD;
- Paula Bailey, MD, MHA;
- William C. Lippert, MD, MPH
May 1, 2018
The appropriate treatment of hypertension in the inpatient setting is suboptimal due to the lack of guidelines and inconsistent management.
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News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – March 2018
March 26, 2018
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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News
Rural residents admitted for opioid overdoses increasingly are hospitalized in urban hospitals
- Joseph A. Simonetti, MD, MPH
January 24, 2018
Is there an association between rurality and trends and characteristics of hospitalizations for opioid overdose?
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News
Managing mental health care at the hospital
December 7, 2017
As available resources for people with mental health issues become increasingly scarce, hospitals face a growing, complex challenge.
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Opinion
Medical malpractice and the hospitalist: Reasons for optimism
- Adam C. Schaffer, MD, MPH;
- Allen Kachalia, MD, JD, SFHM
November 9, 2017
The most common types of malpractice allegations made against hospitalists were related to medical treatment, diagnosis, and medications.
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News
Scheduling patterns in hospital medicine
- Rachel George, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM
October 26, 2017
Two scheduling patterns are emerging in hospital medicine – smaller programs are utilizing a Monday to Friday schedule and larger programs are utilizing a 7-on-7-off schedule.
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When do patients with SSTIs require hospital admission and IV antibiotics?
- Christopher Sankey, MD, SFHM;
- Julia Perry, MD;
- Robert Fogerty, MD
October 23, 2017
Skin and soft tissue infections encompass a wide variety of clinical presentations and severity, and can be mimicked by a number of noninfectious medical conditions.
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News
Hospitalists struggle with opioid epidemic’s rising toll
October 17, 2017
Amid a worsening crisis, a harsh, new light illuminates the inpatient side of opioid prescriptions.
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News
Hospital readmissions penalties now in 5th year
September 19, 2017
Critics have questioned whether hospitals should be held accountable for readmissions, whether 30 days is the correct time frame for that accountability, and whether some hospitals might be taking the penalty hit rather than investing in care transitions.