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Letter from the editor
Overprescribing of antibiotics is often cited as a chief culprit behind the rising threat of “superbugâ€ï¿½ infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm
15 Jan 2009
Internal Medicine 2009 sessions combine new offerings with old favorites
Internal Medicine 2009 will offer a blend of the new and the established in its courses and activities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/conference.htm
15 Mar 2009
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about predicting surgical outcomes, abdominal CTs for C. diff patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/jw.htm
15 Oct 2009
A deviant approach to hospital challenges
Positive deviance is a bottom-up, rather than top-down, approach to solving seemingly intractable problems in an institution or a community. It's based on the observation that certain individuals or groups (positive deviants) have found better solutions to these problems than their peers have.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/positive.htm
15 Nov 2009
Tracheal tubes, catheters, defibrillators recalled; lymphoma drug approved
Tracheal tubes, catheters, defibrillators recalled; lymphoma drug approved.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/fda.htm
15 Nov 2009
Journal watch: recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use in elderly AF patients, ticagrelor vs. clopidogrel in ACS patients, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/jw.htm
15 Dec 2009
Chlorhexidine-alcohol superior to povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis
Updated guidelines on complicated intra-abdominal infections
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/13/2.htm
13 Jan 2010
Rapid screening, decolonizing can reduce surgical-site infections from S. aureus
Rapid screening, decolonizing can reduce surgical-site infections from S. aureus Chlorhexidine-alcohol superior to povidone-iodine for surgical-site antisepsis
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/13/1.htm
13 Jan 2010
Twelve ways to improve hospitalist communication
An expert from the annual Medical Group Management Association meeting offers tips.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/mgma.htm
15 Jan 2010
In the News
Proxies' perceptions about dementia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2010