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News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID-19 and Suicide: 鈥楢 Perfect Storm鈥�?

Suicide prevention should be considered in public health plans, researchers argue

A donor heart with a tag attached which says COVID-19?

<乌鸦传媒>Organ Transplant: 'Essential' Surgery in a Time of Pandemic

Centers describe the tough choices, strategies, and outcomes they're seeing

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<乌鸦传媒>Wearable Sensor Predicts Worsening Heart Failure

Device flagged readmission risk nearly a week ahead in observational study

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<乌鸦传媒>Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control?

One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets

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<乌鸦传媒>UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuits

Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles"

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<乌鸦传媒>Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery

3 days or less "very safe," one center reports

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<乌鸦传媒>Yuck: Docs' White Coats Rarely See the Washing Machine

New York hospital survey found most go a week or more between launderings

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<乌鸦传媒>Taking Food and Drink Away From Doctors and Nurses Is Just Cruel

Don't deny them a simple but important pleasure, says Edwin Leap, MD

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<乌鸦传媒>This Medical Mishap Kills 33,000 Americans a Year

And it's totally preventable

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<乌鸦传媒>Pricey Brain Protection Devices of Questionable Value in TAVR

Can TAVR programs survive using filters, deflectors in every case?

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<乌鸦传媒>Unashamed: My Scary Dirty HCV Needlestick Story

Accidents happen; here's what I did

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<乌鸦传媒>TAVR Access Closure Devices Not Equal, Study Shows

Separate study suggests bleed monitoring device could help

<乌鸦传媒>Patient-on-Provider Violence in the Pain Clinic

"Some physicians desperate enough to carry handguns for self-protection"

<乌鸦传媒>How Can Competency be Measured in Older Docs?

AMA council guidance for testing fails to win over delegates

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Rivaroxaban Doesn't Prevent VTE after Acute Illness

Efficacy shown in prior trial is lost, but safety gained in this setting

<乌鸦传媒>Post-Op VTE Risk Up After Intra-Op Blood Transfusion

Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism more common within 30 days

<乌鸦传媒>Study: Hospitals Overuse VTE Prophylaxis

65% of patients in non-ICU wards in Michigan got more than recommended

<乌鸦传媒>This Patient is Racist (or Sexist). Now What?

Sharonne Hayes, MD, says hospitals must protect staff from patients who cross the line

<乌鸦传媒>Going Generic OK for Clopidogrel

Non-inferiority achieved for ACS survivors in Canadian study

<乌鸦传媒>By the Numbers: Malpractice Hits Nurses, Too

New report sheds light on five years of cases against NPs

<乌鸦传媒>When and How to Say Sorry to Patients

Apologizing doesn't guarantee losing a malpractice suit -- but it might prevent one

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns on Cardiac Surgery Heater-Cooler Device

Cites mycobacterial contamination risk

<乌鸦传媒>Are Masks a Good Alternative to Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers?

At some hospitals, it's vaccinate or be fired

<乌鸦传媒>Safety Warning: Watch LVAD Battery Expiration

Ventricular support backup battery issue linked to two deaths

<乌鸦传媒>The Case for Body Cameras: Good for Doctors -- and Their Patients

Why one doctor wants to see a camera added to a clinician's equipment checklist.

<乌鸦传媒>I-PASS Handoff System Leads to Decline in Medical Errors

Mnemonic device helps for oral and written handoffs.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

<乌鸦传媒>Missed Doses Cripple Postop DVT Prevention

Missed doses of prophylactic anticoagulation account for much of the deep vein thrombosis that occurs in surgery and trauma patients, a study showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Top 5 Reasons Cardiologists Get Sued

Problems with diagnosis -- failing to make one, making the wrong one, or taking too long to get to one -- lead the list of reasons behind cardiology-related lawsuits, revealed closed claims data from a medical malpractice insurer.

<乌鸦传媒>What Bystanders Should Know About CPR -- and Why

Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has poor neurological outcome, and this is true even when bystanders are family members, which suggests deficits in public CPR training.

<乌鸦传媒>Death Spurs GE to Recall Scanning System

The FDA announced on Monday a class I recall of GE Healthcare's nuclear medicine systems stemming from a patient death reported last month.

<乌鸦传媒>Outliers: The Story of Success

The latest book by the author of Blink outlines key principles of communication that can play a major role in improving healthcare quality and safety.

<乌鸦传媒>Magnetic Jewelry May Have Fatal Attraction

ZURICH, Switzerland -- Rare-earth magnets -- now being packaged into necklaces and bracelets -- may have a deadly attraction for patients with pacemakers and implanted defibrillators, warn researchers here.

<乌鸦传媒>Family's Tragedy Prompts Major Changes at Boston Hospital

BOSTON-In an extraordinary public admission, a Harvard teaching hospital has revealed the string of errors and lost opportunities that led to a stillborn child and an emergency hysterectomy for his mother.