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July 2009

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/

On the front lines of aortic dissection

A leading cardiologist explains why hospitalists are key to improving long-term outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/aortic.htm
15 Jul 2009

Letter from the Editor

Hospital medicine is fairly well established in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, but in other countries the field is just getting started. These fledgling movements face familiar challenges, such as concerns about continuity of care, and unique obstacles, such as an income divide between physicians at public and private hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2009

Looking for a hospitalist? Be prepared, proactive

Kirk Mathews, CEO and co-founder of Inpatient Management Inc. of St. Louis, explains his cardinal rules of recruiting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/recruiting.htm
15 Jul 2009

Improving handoffs through better communication

Research has shown that speakers systematically overestimate how well their messages are understood by listeners, and assume a listener has all the same knowledge they do. Verbal updates and read-backs can help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/handoffs.htm
15 Jul 2009

Accurate coding improves payments, quality ratings

Accurate coding has a significant impact not only on a hospital or practice’s finances but also on quality ratings, as Medicare’s new coding system increasingly is being used to profile hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/documentation.htm
15 Jul 2009

Caring for the pregnant patient

Every hospitalist is likely to encounter a pregnant patient during his or her career and needs to be versed in the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, preeclampsia, asthma, venous thromboembolism and diabetes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/pregnant.htm
15 Jul 2009

Letter from the Editor

Glucose control in the ICU has become a moving target for hospitals and hospitalists alike. Our cover story looks at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association’s new guidelines on glucose and how the new evidence may affect hospitalists’ practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2009

Homemade computer program improves glucose control

The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center in Charleston, S.C., developed a nurse-driven Web-based insulin infusion protocol to manage blood glucose in the intensive care unit, as well as in the rest of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/success.htm
15 Nov 2009

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