October 1, 2025
Finding experts in plain sight
A community residency program improved training in Indigenous health with the involvement of staff already working at the hospital.
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A rash provides historical lessons.
SHM provides checklist for assessing POCUS image quality
An expert panel convened by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) chose 215 items across five body systems (heart, lungs/pleura, abdomen, lower-extremity veins, and skin/soft tissue) to help clinicians and educators judge the quality of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) images.
Guidance highlights risk of psychological distress post-MI
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association called on health care professionals to be aware of the high incidence of psychological distress after myocardial infarction (MI) and to watch for signs of depression, anxiety, psychosocial stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Type 2 MI increasing, linked to worse long-term outcomes than type 1
In an analysis of myocardial infarctions (MIs) in Medicare beneficiaries, the proportion that were type 2 increased from 19.4% in 2018 to 26.8% in 2021. Type 2 MI was associated with lower risk of 30-day mortality but higher rates of longer-term mortality and stroke.
Review assesses interventions to increase clinical encounter time in the hospital
A meta-analysis found 117 studies of institutional programs to protect or increase clinician time with patients, which overall showed the interventions had positive effects on satisfaction, discharge to home, and length of stay but no effect on readmissions.
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