December 2015
Will small hospitals disappear?
Facilities take new approaches to survive familiar challenges.
Measuring the readmission measures
Penalties positive step but should evolve into focus on value-based care, experts say.
Predicting sepsis and its trajectory
Biomarkers, automated systems, and rapid diagnostics.
Get ready for flu season
Sooner is definitely better when it comes to antivirals for influenza, but later is better than nothing.
What not to do in palliative care
Some things physicians thought they were doing to help patients at the end of life are actually ineffective and even potentially harmful.
Amyloidosis: A review for the hospitalist
Learn about types of amyloidosis, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Postdischarge case management, clinic combat readmissions
A 5-hospital health system improved patients' access to postdischarge care.
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
Stroke and TIA
A transient neurologic deficit lasting 24 hours or more, even when imaging studies are unremarkable, is a cerebrovascular accident, not TIA.
The little brown bottle
The first documented recommendation of nitroglycerin for angina pectoris was described by Dr. William Murrell in 1877.
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features a look at small hospitals and readmission measures, as well as ways to prevent acute kidney injury and to predict sepsis.
Dabigatran reversal agent approved
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.