Mental Health
Career
More thoughts about hospitalist burnout
Many hospitalists address their own work-related distress by simply working less in total, but that isn’t an ideal solution for the field.
Opinion
Helping patients with addictions get, stay clean
Advise patients to consider programs affiliated with major medical centers or established treatment centers, an expert says.
Clinical
Managing mental health care at the hospital
As available resources for people with mental health issues become increasingly scarce, hospitals face a growing, complex challenge.
Video
VIDEO: How to manage surgical pain in opioid addiction treatment
NEW ORLEANS – It is possible to give opioid addiction patients opioids for post-op surgical pain without increasing the risk of relapse.
Clinical
Naloxone: Difficult conversations about a potential lifesaver
A recent study highlights the difficulties and strategies for discussing the antiopioid medication’s utility.
Clinical
The opioid epidemic and its impact on the health care system
Here are strategies hospitalists can employ to combat the growing use and abuse of narcotics.
Clinical
SHM’s RADEO Program aids safer opioid prescribing
A new initiative is helping hospitalists design and implement better inpatient opioid prescribing strategies.
Clinical
Hospitalists struggle with opioid epidemic’s rising toll
Amid a worsening crisis, a harsh, new light illuminates the inpatient side of opioid prescriptions.
Clinical
Use of BZD and sedative-hypnotics among hospitalized elderly
Which hospitalized older patients are inappropriately prescribed benzodiazepines or sedative hypnotics post discharge, and who is prescribing...
News
Do not withhold opioid addiction drugs from patients taking benzodiazepines
The FDA says the benefits of combining MAT drugs with CNS depressants outweigh the risks.