December 2016
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Concussion care, from an NFL expert
ED conference features football players' association medical director.
Hospitalists enter SNFs to snuff out readmissions
Outreach program helps improve outcomes after an acute hospitalization.
Dispelling the ‘hot-spotter’ myth
Not all patients who accrue high costs are frequent utilizers of services.
What is clinical validation?
Diagnoses documented in a patient's record must be substantiated by clinical criteria generally accepted by the medical community.
Initial assessment
When you've spent as much time in a hospital as I have over the years, you tend to develop a sixth sense as to when something isn't quite right.
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on improving handoffs, monitoring vital signs, working with advanced practice providers, and more.
MKSAP quiz on head injuries
Cases involving headache and vomiting after a fall, soccer injury, blurred vision after an assault, and others are presented.
Warning about HBV reactivation with HCV drugs
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
Recent Research
Acupuncture versus morphine for acute pain relief, outcomes data for physicians, beta-blockers at discharge after elective PCI, and more.
In the News
Inpatient antibiotic prescribing, bundled payments and joint replacement costs, and more.