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Your hospital medicine questions answered
March 1, 2009
The Value of Medicare’s Nursing Home RatingsIs it true that the government has gone public with ratings of nursing homes? If so, where can I find this information? Is this information...
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Bridge the Attending Divide
March 1, 2009
HM evolution extends to orthopedic asmissions and many other diagnoses
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Handless Employees
March 1, 2009
What a pair of pages taught me about patient safety
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Hospitalists to the Rescue
March 1, 2009
Beleaguered hospitals can turn to HM to solve budget, patient problems
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Alpesh Amin: HM’s History maker
March 1, 2009
First hospitalist Department of Medicine chair appointed at UC Irvine
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What is the best antibiotic treatment for C.difficile-associated diarrhea?
March 1, 2009
CaseAn 84-year-old woman presents with watery diarrhea. She recently received a fluoroquinolone antibiotic during a hospitalization for pneumonia. Her temperature is 101 degrees, her heart rate is...
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Stimulus Offers Cash for Quality
February 24, 2009
Bill includes billions for healthcare research, technology
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Model’s Death Sheds Spotlight on Sepsis Treatment
February 24, 2009
Disease easily overlooked, hospitalist says
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Research Roundup
February 17, 2009
Blood transfusions associated with increased risk of thrombosis and mortality in cancer patients
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Discharge Development
February 17, 2009
A multidisciplinary intervention produces a 30% decline in readmissions