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July 2008
Cover Feature
Hospitalist leaders debate the costs and benefits of patient satisfaction surveys
Striving for 100% customer satisfaction
As patient satisfaction figures more prominently in health care and quality measurement, some worry that hospitals' standard patient satisfaction surveys don’t accurately measure hospitalist care. How should hospitalists prepare for future use of satisfaction data?
July '08
Letter from the Editor
Write to the editor
Letters to the Editor Readers respond to CAM, alternative scheduling
July’s In the News
Report: Many elderly take inappropriate prescription drugs
News Update
Quick response, teamwork protected patients during heparin recall
As pharmacists monitored hospital supplies, physicians and nurses monitored patients
Internal Medicine 2008
For glucose control, balance is key
An expert offers tips on finding the right insulin combination.
Don't just do something, stand there
Less can be more for the hospitalized elderly.
Update in hospital medicine highlights sepsis, community-acquired pneumonia
New research could help guide treatment.
Fight burnout while fostering experience
Investing in hospitalist programs now can pay off later.
Medical ethics in the line of fire
Physicians debate dilemmas posed by the war on terror.
Drug 
Swap innovation ideas Clinical Medicine
Test yourself: Seizures
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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?"
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