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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: HM is a perfect fit for a palliative care service
But before you start building a palliative care service, do your homework.
Quality
Innovative Use of Scribes in the Inpatient Setting
Over the past couple of decades, the ever-increasing medical-legal, financial, and patient-safety demands have led to a mushrooming of the amount...
Quality
Market Watch
New generics, new indications, and safety information
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
Physician reviews of recent studies, including the effect of early follow-up on readmission rates, heart rate control and outcomes in atrial...
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What Should I Do If I Get a Needlestick?
Healthcare workers who suffer needlestick injuries require immediate identification and attention to avoid transmission of such infectious...
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Back to Basics
How hospitalist services can justify daily care
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28,999 and Me
The names behind the number
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Should HM Redefine Its Role as Provider and Adjust Expectations for Inpatient Care?
Patients are figuring out that not all hospitalists are doing what they are supposed to do when it comes to communications and establishing safe...
Quality
Innovators Descend on Annual Pediatric HM Conference
More than 400 people attended the Pediatric Hospital Medicine annual conference July 22-25 in Minneapolis.
Quality
Hospitalist/Intensivist Model Lowers Costs, Maintains Quality of Care
As the field of HM continues to mature, branch out, and is called upon to lead in the care of a larger cross-section of hospitalized patients, it...