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Letter from the Editor
We hope some of the Top Hospitalists profiled in this issue will be new to you, as part of our mission is to shine a light on excellent, unsung work in the hospitalist community.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/lfe.htm
15 Nov 2010
Letter from the Editor
Reconciling hospitals' and hospitalists' goals isn't a simple task, but the creative use of money may make it easier.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/lfe.htm
15 Oct 2010
Letter from the Editor
This issue offers expert advice on using checklists, clinical pearls on preop pulmonary evaluation, and guidance for ethically challenging situations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2010
Letter from the Editor
Our focus this month is on heart failure, the cause of more than one million U.S. hospitalizations each year, including many that experts deem preventable. This issue also includes coverage of the American Thoracic Society's annual conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/lfe.htm
15 Aug 2010
Letter from the Editor
This issue features our coverage from Internal Medicine 2010, including stories on thrombocytopenia, concurrent GI bleeding and acute coronary syndrome, managing patients in opioid withdrawal, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2010
Letter from the Editor
As in-hospital treatment for complicated neurological conditions has expanded, the number of community neurologists who take call has declined. This has put hospital-based neurologists##mdash;neurohospitalists##mdash;in hot demand, and they're likely to stay there as the population ages.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2010
Letter from the Editor
Reducing readmissions is top of mind for many hospitals today, yet efforts have been met with varying degrees of success. Hospitals and physicians in some communities, like Camden, N.J., have taken a comprehensive approach,.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2010
Letter from the Editor
For some hospitalist employers, letting a recruit jump right into a new job seems like the best way to learn. Others have found, however, that taking the time to orient new hospitalist colleagues to their work environment reaps dividends down the line.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/lfe.htm
15 Apr 2010
Letter from the Editor
When clinical guidelines aren't followed, it's tempting to think physicians either don't know them, or lack easy protocols to observe them. In the case of health care-associated pneumonia, however, there may be more to the story.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/lfe.htm
15 Mar 2010
Letter from the Editor
Improving transitions of care is one of the top goals facing hospitals and hospitalists today. Happily, it's one that doesn't require a lot of technology to achieve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/lfe.htm
15 Feb 2010