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July 2011
Featured Articles
Cover Story
Reducing unnecessary testing
Physicians urged to consider “what's needed” instead of “what's possible”
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
Hospital Medicine 2011: Dallas
For hospitalists, hard work doesn't mean higher pay
New survey data show disconnect between salary, productivity
Pay per relative value unit differs by geography.
They read the literature so you don't have to
Update covers the most important studies of 2010
COPD, stroke and drug choice were among the hot topics in hospital medicine research last year.
Which insulin? What drug? When?
Tackling the challenges of inpatient glycemic control
Intensity of insulin therapy may get all the press, but there are other dilemmas in inpatient glycemic control.
Some additions for your med list vocabulary
Conference session covers the new drugs of 2010
Twenty-one drugs were approved by the FDA last year. An expert details which of them are most likely to matter to hospitalists.
Non-physician providers in the hospital
Practice settings, work experience vary widely, surveys report
The ways non-physician providers are integrated into hospital medicine practice vary widely, as do the associated salaries, responsibilities and experience.
Making the case for QI
Tips on getting approval, resources and help for your project
Undertaking quality improvement projects is more difficult than ever, but certain strategies can help ensure success.
Success Story
Technology helps to monitor hand hygiene
A new system at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., reduced health care-associated infections by about 20%.
Q&A: Kathleen A. Puntillo, RN, DNSc
ICU patients suffer symptoms silently
By the time a patient gets to the ICU, his symptoms aren't usually the focus of diagnostics or treatment. But that doesn't mean they aren't still bothering him.
Perspectives
Letter from the Editor
This issue discusses reducing unnecessary testing and includes coverage from Hospital Medicine 2011, held this May in Dallas.
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond to a recent opinion piece on seven on/seven off scheduling.
Newman's Notions: First call: 1985
Our editorial advisor remembers his first night on call.
Your Practice
Coding corner
Recognizing acute respiratory failure
Acute respiratory failure is a common diagnosis, especially among patients admitted with heart failure, pneumonia or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Clinical Medicine
Test Yourself
MKSAP quiz on diagnostic testing
These cases and commentary, which address diagnostic testing, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
Research Update
Recent Research
Urinary test to guide pneumonia treatment, stroke risk after CABG, and more.
In the News
Central line infection rates, organizational characteristics of hospitalist groups, and more.
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