May 2018
Moving the needle on heart failure
Financial penalties have failed to dent readmissions, so new strategies are needed.
Hospitalists work to find their way in the ICU
The majority of hospitalists report that they treat ICU patients, and many feel insufficiently trained and supported.
Medicine's #MeToo movement
The recent focus on sexual harassment and assault has led some physicians to share troubling stories.
Spontaneous HIT syndrome
A review explains an unusual case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
Helping patients follow their heart (failure meds)
Partnership between clinicians and pharmacy improved medication adherence after discharge.
Consult an ID doc, save a life?
A study found that patients with certain resistant infections who were seen by an infectious diseases physician had about half the mortality rate of those who were not.
Complications due to medications and toxic substances
ICD-10-CM classifies adverse therapeutic drug reactions as adverse effects, poisoning, or underdosing.
FDA warns about clarithromycin in heart disease
Details on the latest recalls, alerts, and approvals.
Scorbitus
Three cases, one diagnosis.
Pushback from a primary care physician
Responses to “PCPs in the Hospital” from our March issue.
Readmissions and other frustrations
This month's issue focuses on reducing heart failure readmissions, improving ICU care, and combating sexual harassment in medicine.
Syncope, latent TB, and perioperative aspirin
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
Cases from Emory Division of Hospital Medicine
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus, histoplasmosis, Heyde's syndrome, and more.