August 13, 2025
Putting the ‘AI’ in academic internal medicine
Medical educators and their institutions have to work to keep pace with student and trainee use of artificial intelligence (AI), experts say.
Academic hospitalists: Time to redefine or fade away
Despite academic hospitalists' contributions to medicine, lack of a clear definition of the role threatens its visibility and sustainability.
ACC issues guidance on diagnosis, management of pericarditis
A consensus statement from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) offers new diagnostic criteria for pericarditis, as well as recommendations on imaging, treatment, and factors that merit hospitalization.
Urban hospitals receiving funding meant to improve rural health, study finds
Between 2017 and 2023, more than 400 hospitals reclassified themselves as simultaneously urban and rural in response to a 2016 rule change by CMS, according to a recent study of Medicare costs.
Likelihood of ED boarding varies by race, insurance type
Patients on Medicaid had higher odds of long ED board times while those on Medicare had lower odds of prolonged boarding, according to an analysis of data from two Massachusetts hospitals.
Alteplase effective up to 24 hours after stroke onset, Chinese trial finds
Forty percent of patients who received alteplase between 4.5 and 24 hours after stroke onset achieved functional independence at 90 days compared with 26% who received standard care, a trial showed.
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