American College of Physicians: Internal Medicine — Doctors for Adults ®

Principles and Practice of
Hospital Medicine

The definitive guide for all practicing hospitalists, this book provides a background in all the important clinical, organizational, and administrative areas.

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Current Issue: May 2013


Cover Story

Not all guidelines are created equal

Which ones to trust and how they can help you

Which ones to trust and how they can help you

By Janet Colwell

When deciding which guidelines to follow, clinicians should look for strong supporting evidence and clear explanations of how the authors arrived at their recommendations.

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Your Practice

Bringing the hospital to the patients

Hospital at Home model reduces costs, complications

Hospital at Home model reduces costs, complications

By Stacey Butterfield

A handful of programs around the country provide hospital-level care to patients without admitting them to the hospital.

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Improving patient satisfaction scores

Improving patient satisfaction scores

By Leah Lawrence

The mere fact of being in the hospital is incompatible with happiness, which can make the task of improving patient satisfaction feel like an uphill battle.

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Q&A: Margaret L. Schwarze, MD, MPP

Little conversations about big decisions

Surgeons describe preoperative negotiations about life support

By Stacey Butterfield

Understanding where colleagues are coming from could help improve communication.

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Success Story

The early referral gets the rehab

Orientation within 10 days improved cardiac rehabilitation attendance

By Stacey Butterfield

Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit boosted rehab rates to over 70%.

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The Brief Case

Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital: trainee edition

By Lauren Wiznia, ACP Student Member, MS-3; Ke Zhang, MS-3; Gal Ben-Josef, MS-3; Martin Dominguez, ACP Student Member, MS-4; Michael Cecchini, MD, ACP Associate Member; Joshua Feuerstein, MD, PGY-1; and Radhika Shah, MD, ACP Associate Member, PGY-2

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis associated with cocaine abuse, the Sister Mary Joseph nodule as presentation of advanced malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, and other cases are discussed.

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Perspectives: Newman's Notions

Yiddish for hospitalists

Yiddish for hospitalists

By Arlene K. Newman, PhD, and James S. Newman, MD, FACP

After our Latin primer for hospitalists, it only seems right to explore another language that's likely to be of great help.

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ACP Hospitalist Weekly

From the May 22, 2013 edition

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Cartoon Caption Contest

This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Jennifer L. Norris, MD, ACP Member. Thanks to all who voted!

"I had something else in mind when I asked for an outline of the patient's condition."

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