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April 2008
Cover Feature
Integrative medicine: Coming to a hospital near you
Facilities increasingly add alternative therapies to conventional treatment
A growing number of hospitals are incorporating complementary and alternative medicine into their treatment through the use of so-called integrative medicine, which blends conventional and nonconventional tactics rather than using one or the other exclusively. What do hospitalists need to know about these therapies?
In the News
Contaminant identified in recalled heparin products
Perspectives
Coding corner
Advice on discharge billing, and whether critical care codes depend on location
Features
Technology
Collaborating across the miles
With eICUs, hospitalists, intensivists improve outcomes for the critically ill
Patient Safety
Keeping track of mistakes that don’t happen
Near-miss tracking project for residents aims to improve hospital care
Therapeutics
Hyperbaric oxygen
Therapy offers promise for hard-to-treat wounds
Web Watch
Dear blog, my patients are nuts. Signed, anonymous
Ethical Dilemmas
Cultural differences complicate a terminal diagnosis
Conference Preview
Capital city location brings policy focus to Internal Medicine 2008
Offerings include a track specifically for hospitalists
Clinical Medicine
Identifying personality disorders
An excerpt from “Psychiatry Essentials for Primary Care,” new from ACP Press
MKSAP primer: Health care-associated infections
Adapted from ACP's latest Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
Test yourself: Health care-associated infections
Hospitalist Archives
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ACP Hospitalist Weekly
From the September 1, 2010 edition
- Statin prescriptions at discharge increasing in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage
- Black and low-income patients more likely to leave hospital against medical advice, be readmitted
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?"
ACP Career Connection
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