Antimicrobial-resistant infections
Clinical
Sneak Peek: Journal of Hospital Medicine
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the...
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VIDEO: Hospitalists can help improve antibiotic stewardship
Why are patients with bacterial infections being overtreated and what do we do about it?
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News
Hospital infections top WHO’s list of priority pathogens
WHO is urging governments to focus antibiotic research efforts on a list of urgent bacterial threats, topped by several increasingly powerful...
Practice Management
Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog “The Impact of Hospital Design on Health – for Patients AND Providers”
We owe it to ourselves to do what we can to improve our work settings.
Clinical
Procalcitonin guidance improves antibiotic stewardship
Use of the procalcitonin assay has been shown to reduce antibiotic utilization without an increase in adverse outcomes.
Clinical
Postdischarge antibiotics for complicated pneumonia
Study shows treatment failure of complicated pneumonia is uncommon, occurs at same rate for both oral and PICC treatment.
Article
Inpatient antibiotic use has not declined
Inpatient antibiotic use has not declinedClinical question: How has inpatient antibiotic use changed in the United States in recent years?[[{"fid...
From the Society
‘Fight the Resistance’ with Antibiotic Stewardship Mentored Implementation
SHM is committed to promoting improved antibiotic-prescribing behaviors among the nation’s hospitalists
Article
Infectious disease physicians: Antibiotic shortages are the new norm
Antibiotic shortages are now a way of life, and physicians report that shortages are affecting patient care and outcomes.