December 2016

Hospitalists explore new tech and face-to-face strategies.

Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Research and expert perspectives on vital sign monitoring.

ED conference features football players' association medical director.

Outreach program helps improve outcomes after an acute hospitalization.

Not all patients who accrue high costs are frequent utilizers of services.

Diagnoses documented in a patient's record must be substantiated by clinical criteria generally accepted by the medical community.

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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.

This month's issue includes articles on improving handoffs, monitoring vital signs, working with advanced practice providers, and more.

Cases involving headache and vomiting after a fall, soccer injury, blurred vision after an assault, and others are presented.

Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.

Acupuncture versus morphine for acute pain relief, outcomes data for physicians, beta-blockers at discharge after elective PCI, and more.

Inpatient antibiotic prescribing, bundled payments and joint replacement costs, and more.