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In-Room Computer Tablets Help Hospital Patients Learn, Communicate
New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital is among a growing number of healthcare systems nationwide providing patients with tablet computing devices....
Innovations in Healthcare
Medicare Readmissions Penalties Expected to Reach $428 Million
CMS started the third year of its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program on October 1, with 2,610 U.S.
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Antibiotic Overprescribing Sparks Call for Stronger Stewardship
Antibiotic overprescription remains a problem in the U.S. and abroad and shows no signs of slowing.
Opinion
A Practice Resolution
In the heart of the holiday season’s gluttony (and the challenges of staffing the holidays), we need something to get us excited for 2015.
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Palliative Care Patient Transitions Challenging For Hospitalists, Oncologists
When should treating a cancer patient become more about controlling symptoms and making the patient comfortable than about trying to slow the...
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For Patients in Clinical Trials, Health, Safety Top Concerns for Hospitalists
Patients might come into a hospitalist’s care when they are in the middle of a clinical trial. What then? The first step for a hospitalist is to...
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Cut Costs, Improve Quality and Patient Experience
“Now that’s a fire!” —Eddie Murphy This is the final column in my five-part series tracing the history of the hospitalist movement and the...
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Ebola Spurs Better Infection Prevention Practices for U.S.-based Hospitalists
Much has been written, spoken, declared, retracted, and learned about a tiny little RNA virus by the name of Ebola. This encapsulated virus has...
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When is a biopsy not a biopsy?
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