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December 2007

Cover Feature: Focus on Rural Medicine

Wanted: Small-town hospitalists

For rural areas, successful recruitment means finding the perfect fitHospitalists can bring some relief to short-staffed rural areas by taking over inpatient care. But as more rural communities consider implementing hospitalist programs, they find themselves faced with the same recruitment challenge that helped create the problem: a rural venue.
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Physician shares the joys of rural medicine through mentoringPhysician shares the joys of rural medicine through mentoring
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In the News

Internal medicine unites to improve transitions of careOIG approves medical center's payment plan for ED coverage

December '07





Infection Control

Beyond the bundle: Innovative ways to prevent VAP in the intensive care unit
December '07

Success Story

Dallas hospital substantially reduces time from ED arrival to admission

Open dialogue among departments helped reform systemic flaws
December '07

Perspectives

Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: The wrong quality measure
December '07

Q&A

A new Rx for crowded hospitals: Math

Operations management expert Eugene Litvak, PhD, brings queuing theory to health care
December '07

Conference Coverage

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: How to find, and treat, the source
December '07

 

 

The new field of NOTES

Experts debate the pros and cons of natural orifice surgery
December '07

Clinical Medicine

Test yourself: Gastrointestinal bleeding
From ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14)
December '07

Research News

Journal watch

Recent studies of note
December '07

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ACP Hospitalist Weekly

From the September 1, 2010 edition

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Cartoon Caption Contest

This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Patricia J. Peterson, FACP, in practice in Longview, Wash., who will receive a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service. Thanks to all who voted!

"Did you say you were a little horse? Or a little hoarse?"

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Register Now For Your ACP Fall Chapter Meeting

Register Now For Your ACP Fall Chapter Meeting

Attend your fall chapter meeting, earn CME credit, and find out what your local ACP Chapter has to offer! See the Chapter calendar or find out more, including the answers to frequently asked questions about ACP Chapters and regions.

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