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Copper Safe, Effective in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
A reader responds to concerns around proposed use of copper touch surfaces in hospitals
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Salary, Staffing Issues Common Sticking Points Between Hospitalists, Hospital Administrators
Shared sense of responsibility, goodwill, commitment needed by both groups to resolve differences, avoid outsourcing
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Hospitalists Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
Physicians' use of educational content sponsored by Society of Hospital Medicine, other groups designed to provide better patient-centered care
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Hospitalists Can Help Bridge Gaps in Healthcare Access as Hospitals Cope with Mounting Financial Pressures
Amid hospital closures, staff cuts, hospitalists may need to expand spectrum of patient care beyond acute episodes
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The Rise, Evolution of Hospital-Based Practice
Factors that created hospital medicine groups, led primary care physicians to become hospitalists
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Four Hospitalists Retrace Path to C-Suite Executive Ranks
Drs. Brian Harte, Nasim Afsar, Patrick Torcson, Steve Narang discuss the qualities, skills, strategies that landed them in hospitals' top spots
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Hospitalist Thrives In Leadership Role Overseeing Care Coordination
South Carolina-based hospital medicine group director Jairy Hunter III, MD, is all about getting things done
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Frequency, Traits of Hospital-Acquired VTE in Children Reviewed
Children with renal, cardiac diagnoses, increasing age, central venous catheters associated with higher incidence of venous thromboembolism during...
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Hospitalist Reviews on Pre-Operative Beta Blockers, Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest, Colloids vs. Crystalloids for Hypovolemic Shock
Also reviewed this month: inpatient boarding, triple-rule-out imaging for coronaries, edoxaban compared with warfarin for atrial fibrillation
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Society of Hospital Medicine Ranks Observation Status a Priority Advocacy Issue
SHM to survey hospitalists on impact of designation on short-stay patients, develop possible policy revisions