Your NEJM Group Today: Tale of Two Doctors / Over- and Underdosing Novel Anticoagulants / Pennsylvania Hospitalist/Nocturnist Opportunities (FREE)
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Here ' s a small sampling of what ' s new on NEJM Group:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Medicine and Society: Back-to-back visits with an internist … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 21, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Large Arachnoid Cyst / Steroids for Urticaria? / Chicago Hospitalist Opportunity (FREE)
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Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today:NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Image in Clinical Medicine: A 27-year-old … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 13, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Inpatient Progress Note Content Often Cut and Pasted
About half of the content is pasted from elsewhere by medical students, residents, hospitalists (Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Pulmonary Medicine News - Doctors Lounge - June 7, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Learning from Indian Healthcare / Childhood Atopic Dermatitis & Allergy Risk / Florida Hospitalist & Nocturnist Opportunities (FREE)
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Take a look at today ' s offering from NEJM Group:NEJM Catalyst: Expert article: Even though India is far from a model of … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 31, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Managing High Drug Prices / Durability of Antiretroviral Therapy / Montana Internist/Hospitalist Opportunities (FREE)
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Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today:NEJM Audio Interview: High … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 25, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Protecting Physician Speech / Changing Face of Endocarditis / Colorado Hospitalist Opportunity (FREE)
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Here are our top picks from NEJM Group:NEJM Audio Interview: Protecting Physician Speech: Professor Wendy … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - May 18, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Physicians' age linked to patients' mortality risk
Hospitalized patients have a slightly higher risk of dying when treated by older hospitalists -- internal medicine specialists who oversee the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients -- new research concludes. The results suggest the critical importance of continuing medical education throughout the span of a physician ' s professional career. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 17, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
There's A Strong Chance You Are Paying For Expensive Medical Billing Mistakes
Medical bills are the gift that keeps on giving. Having lost my husband in January, I can attest that not even death puts an end to the steady stream of bills for his care that I still get in the mail. Balance billing, services not covered, out-of-network doctors ― they all come back to haunt you in the form of bills ― including a good number from doctors you’ve never met or heard of, and who you don’t when or why even saw your loved one.
The bills? I expected them. What I didn’t expect was to learn that medical bills notoriously contain errors ― big errors. While there are no comprehensive statisti...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study links physician age to patient mortality risk
(Harvard Medical School) Patients treated by older hospital-based internists known as hospitalists are somewhat more likely to die within a month of admission than those treated by younger physicians, according to the results of a study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Hospitalists on Healthcare:'Politicians Can't Fix This'Hospitalists on Healthcare:'Politicians Can't Fix This '
The only fix for the system is lowering costs, and only providers can do that, speakers at the hospital medicine meeting explained as they discussed the uncertain future of American healthcare.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 5, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Electronics Connect Records, Schedules, Physician Cellphones Electronics Connect Records, Schedules, Physician Cellphones
A new software program can notify hospitalists if a patient is readmitted, and can survey physicians in real time about issues such as workload.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
How to Find the Best Hospitalist Schedule How to Find the Best Hospitalist Schedule
Find out about the pros and cons of these three options.Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Article Source Type: news
Rethinking Pain Can Help Hospitalists Fight Opioid Crisis Rethinking Pain Can Help Hospitalists Fight Opioid Crisis
Changes in the assessment of patients reporting pain, expectations about pain management, and prescribing practices can help curb the opioid crisis, according to experts.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Climate Change and Health Interview / PPIs & Stroke / New York Hospitalist Opportunities (FREE)
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Check out today ' s selections from NEJM Group: NEJM Audio Interview: Climate Change and Health: Dr. … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - April 26, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Sleep Studies and VTEs Headline Hospitalists Meeting Sleep Studies and VTEs Headline Hospitalists Meeting
Curbing interruptions to patient ' s sleep and a rare look into hospital-associated venous thromboembolism (VTEs) will be among the hot topics at the upcoming Society of Hospital Medicine meeting.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
