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ACP HospitalistWeekly

Welcome to this week's issue of ACP HospitalistWeekly, an update for hospitalists published every Wednesday by the American College of Physicians.



In the News for the Week of 2-1-12




Highlights

Hospitalist practice models have little effect on job satisfaction, burnout, survey finds

Job satisfaction and burnout rates are similar across different hospitalist practice models, a recent survey found. More...

Hospital stays involving C. diff leveled off between 2008 and 2009

Hospital stays involving Clostridium difficile infections leveled off between 2008 and 2009 after rising 300% between 1993 and 2008, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) reported. More...


Cardiology

Sexual activity safe for most CVD patients

It is reasonable for most patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) to engage in sexual activity, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. More...


Drug shortages

Propofol shortage did not affect mechanical ventilation duration at one center, study finds

A nationwide propofol shortage did not affect duration of mechanical ventilation at a single U.S. academic medical center, a recent study showed. More...


Medicare

Most Medicare demos fail to reduce costs

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed recent Medicare demonstration projects and concluded that most have not reduced costs, but those that did had certain specific characteristics. More...


Cartoon caption contest

Put words in our mouth

ACP HospitalistWeekly wants readers to create captions for our new cartoon and help choose the winner. Pen the winning caption and win a $50 gift certificate good toward any ACP product, program or service. More...


Physician editor: A. Scott Keller, MD, FACP



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