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Top Docs, oxygen, and numbers
This issue introduces you to our 10 latest Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2018
Junior hospitalists report improved career and research skills from formal mentorship program
Hospital medicine faculty members with at least seven years' experience were paired with hospitalists who had three or fewer years' experience in the field and similar interests for at least five meetings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/3.htm
18 Oct 2017
In the News
GME financing and workforce needs, antibiotic stewardship programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2016
Internists recommend ways to better align GME financing with workforce needs
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and ACP released a new policy paper calling for changes that better align funding for graduate medical education (GME) with the nation's health care workforce needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/5.htm
11 May 2016
Recent Research
Hyperglycemia and cerebral venous thrombosis outcomes, “opt-out” HIV screening, invasive versus conservative strategy in elderly cardiac patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2016
Uptick in sepsis cases may be caused in part by changes in coding, reimbursement
The study found that the acute rise in sepsis in California may be explained at least in part by new CMS guidance regarding ICD-9 coding in 2003 and the introduction of Medical Severity Diagnosis-Related Group (MS-DRG) systems in 2007.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/3.htm
27 Jan 2016
Study finds one-third of medical residents screen positive for depression or its symptoms
Depression among residents may also affect patients, given established associations between physician depression and lower-quality care, the study authors noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/16/4.htm
16 Dec 2015
Recent Research
Medication safety assessment, international gout guidelines, statins and intracerebral hemorrhage, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/rr.htm
15 May 2014
Patients with pumps
Potentially difficult negotiations are just one of the issues that can arise.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/insulin-pumps.htm
15 Apr 2014
Medication safety assessment shows progress, challenges
Hospitals have increased medication safety in the past decade, but further improvement is still necessary, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/05/2.htm
5 Feb 2014