What Is the Optimal Dosing of Daptomycin for VRE Bacteremia?
The following was originally posted by Jasmine Marcelin, MD, to the University of Nebraska Medical...
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Hospital-Based Medicine
Reducing Unnecessary Opioids After Total Hip Arthroplasty
“There has been very little practical guidance on how to consistently implement reductions in...
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An Organizational Shift Needed to Address Resident Burnout
Workplace dysfunction, concern about patient care among top complaints Mindfulness and...
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Diversity in Medicine: An Innovative Approach to Resident Physician Recruitment
Welcome to a new blog by Philomena Asante, MD, MPH, that will highlight a healthcare institution,...
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Conference Highlights: ATS 2020 Virtual
New research was presented at ATS 2020 Virtual, the online annual American Thoracic Society...
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Conference Highlights – AIDS 2020: Virtual – A Focus on COVID-19
New research was presented at AIDS 2020: Virtual, the 23rd International AIDS Conference, from...
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#PWChat Recap: The Disproportionate Effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around the disproportionate effects of the...
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Making the Case for CGM Use in the Hospital During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, appropriate implementation of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in...
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Conference Highlights: ADA 2020
New research was presented at ADA 2020, the virtual 80th Scientific Sessions of American Diabetes...
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The Talk: It’s Time to Move from Curative to Palliative Care
Physicians may fail to explain to patients when they are being switched from curative to...
Read MoreEHR Fatigue Is Real—Can Patients Help Correct the Record?
Two studies drill down on EHR issues A recent simulation-based investigation yielded further evidence of how electronic health records (EHRs) can contribute to physician burnout, while a separate report suggested patients can...
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A Look at Inappropriate Inpatient IV Opioid Use
With evidence indicating that overprescription of opioids has contributed to the current opioid...
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How COVID-19 Has Impacted the Opioid Crisis
When it comes to rates of infection and addiction, both the coronavirus pandemic and the opioid...
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Appreciative Inquiry – The Sugar that Makes the Process Improvement Pill Go Down
A foundational barrier to process improvement, whatever the approach, is that it generally offers...
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What We Heard When We Asked Patients About their Care Experience
Modern healthcare is drowning in data, and burdened by quality, safety, financial, and operational...
Read MoreCovid-19: Physicians Groups Demand Data on Race, Ethnicity
Pandemic brings urgency to healthcare disparity That there is racial and ethnic disparity in care is not really news; however, these inequities are now blatantly evident during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seven physician...
Read MoreSEP-1 Bundle Doesn’t Reduce Mortality in Treating Sepsis
Individual bundle components were associated with improved outcomes in community-onset sepsis Adherence to the SEP-1 sepsis bundle — a quality care metric for managing early sepsis — is not associated with improved...
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