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Hospital-Based Medicine

<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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<乌鸦传媒>Health Workers Press for Federal Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence

Legislation calls for up to 20 years' federal imprisonment for certain acts of violence

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<乌鸦传媒>Shannen Doherty's 'Miracle Treatment'; Adult 'Diaper Spa'? Israel Raids Hospital

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Viral Infection, Neuroinflammation Flagged in SIDS Autopsies

Next-generation molecular tools turned up insights not detected by typical autopsy methods

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<乌鸦传媒>Deep Pay Cuts for Travel Nurses Reported at Pittsburgh Health System

Annual wage cut of about $25,000 was not disclosed at signing, nurses say

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<乌鸦传媒>Princess of Wales Discharged After Abdominal Surgery

King Charles III remains hospitalized

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<乌鸦传媒>Trial Backs Short Course of Antibiotics for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Individualized treatment noninferior versus usual long-course treatment in the ICU

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic

Fatalities frequently involved Brazilian butt lifts

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<乌鸦传媒>Critical Care Guideline Changes Boost Corticosteroid Uses, Role of Families

Corticosteroids, glycemic control, and clinical deterioration outside ICU addressed

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<乌鸦传媒>Idaho Medical Group May Close if It's Not Sold

Saltzer Health has changed hands several times in recent years amid a shifting industry landscape

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<乌鸦传媒>Physician Summits World's Seven Highest Mountains -- And You Can Join Him

Thousands of HCPs have earned CME credits while on an adventure with Ben Mattingly, MD

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<乌鸦传媒>Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?

MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs

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<乌鸦传媒>In Billboard Campaign, Physician Residents Say They're Exploited

Residents at University at Buffalo charge they're the lowest paid in the entire state

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurses Still the Most Trusted Profession, Doctors Fall to Fifth

Trust slipping across nearly all professions, Gallup poll finds

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<乌鸦传媒>Ibuprofen Fails Another Crack at Reducing Preemie Lung Issues and Deaths

A therapy to help babies with hole in heart is still lacking

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<乌鸦传媒>Infusion Drug Mark-Ups Higher at Safety Net Hospitals

Study shows big difference in reimbursement-to-acquisition cost ratio versus private practice

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<乌鸦传媒>Can Targeting Normoxemia Benefit Critically Ill Trauma Patients?

Strategy appeared to increase supplemental oxygen-free days

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<乌鸦传媒>China's COVID Sequence Secret; Cancer Research Retractions; Med Board Reform Looms

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Tailoring Drug Interaction Alerts to the ICU Reduced Number of High-Risk Combos

Intervention reduced "alert fatigue" for clinicians

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<乌鸦传媒>Native Hawaiian Physician-Scientist Kekoa Taparra Is Making Waves

One of the first Native Hawaiians with an MD, PhD is tackling Pacific Islander health disparities

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<乌鸦传媒>Early Switch to Oral Antibiotics Safe in Uncomplicated, Gram-Negative Bacteremia?

Don't base treatment decisions solely on observational data, experts say

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<乌鸦传媒>Troubled For-Profit Nursing Program Dodges Early Closure

But regulator in Arizona has final word

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<乌鸦传媒>Ceftriaxone Prevents Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia After Brain Injury

Single-dose administered prophylactically associated with less pneumonia, mortality

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<乌鸦传媒>Switch to Oral Antibiotics Noninferior in Low-Risk Staph Bloodstream Infections

Identifying "low risk" infections is tricky, experts say

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<乌鸦传媒>Severe Stroke at Age 24; Nurses' $100,000 Bonus; Paxlovid Insider Trading Conviction

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Hospitals Pay U.S. News to Promote Their Rankings

Amid rankings pushback, the question of payment for use of the company's logo has resurfaced

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<乌鸦传媒>Inequitable Treatment Persists Across Pediatric 乌鸦传媒, Review Shows

Experts recommend ways to improve child care, health equity

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<乌鸦传媒>Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care

Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations

The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses

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<乌鸦传媒>Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashes

This past week in healthcare investigations

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Kate Middleton Hospitalized; Sen. Paul Urges Prison for Fauci; COVID Back in Class

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues

Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care

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<乌鸦传媒>California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can't Find Abortion Training

A new law makes it easier for out-of-state physicians to get in-person training

<乌鸦传媒>Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better

Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients

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<乌鸦传媒>It Is Literally Impossible to Be a Woman in Medicine

Women physicians face a multitude of challenges beginning in medical school

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<乌鸦传媒>AAMC Overhauls Pricing for Residency Applications

Announcement comes shortly after the ob/gyn application service lowered prices

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<乌鸦传媒>Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units

Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial

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<乌鸦传媒>Despite Disinfection, Bugs Thrive on High-Touch Hospital Surfaces

Unusual pathogens may pose threat to immunocompromised patients, researchers say

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<乌鸦传媒>Add-On Clarithromycin Pans Out in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Trial

Respiratory system severity scores, organ failure assessment scores improved, trial found

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<乌鸦传媒>NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare

Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking

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<乌鸦传媒>Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steam

More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts

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