Updated Guidelines for Heart Failure
Recently, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and American Heart Association...
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Hospital Medicine
A Look at Patients’ Willingness to Wait for ED Care
As the number of patients seeking emergency care in the United States continues to grow, so too...
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CHEST 2013
New research is being presented at CHEST 2013, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest...
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Video Capsule Endoscopy in the ED
Esophagoduodenoscopy is the current gold standard for stratifying risk in patients with...
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Developing a Cardiology-Oncology Partnership
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer are the most prevalent diseases in the current era, and...
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Improving Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), more than 200,000 adults and 6,000 children...
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Making the Case to Include EDs in Readmission Rates
In recent years, CMS has invested heavily in policies, incentives, and other interventions to...
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ACS 2013: Examining Hospital Readmission Rate Data
The Particulars: Medicare reduces compensation rates for hospitals with high readmission rates....
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Managing AF: A Look at Treating Specialty
About 2.3 million Americans are affected by atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF), a...
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IDWeek 2013: Vaccine Reduces Norovirus Symptoms
The Particulars: Norovirus is the cause of many severe gastrointestinal infections in the United...
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IDWeek 2013: Avoid Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for CAP
The Particulars: Patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) often receive...
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IDWeek 2013
New research is being presented at IDWeek 2013—the joint annual meeting of the Infectious Disease...
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Progress Elusive for New Antibiotics
There has been a desperate need for new antibiotics to treat infections caused by...
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Examining a Protocol for Transfusing Plasma to Severely Injured Patients
Patients with a trauma-induced coagulopathy account for more than half of hemorrhagic deaths in...
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HFSA 2013: Medication Management in Heart Failure
The Particulars: Previous analyses suggest that there is a high prevalence of medication...
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#HFSA 2013: Predicting HF Readmissions
The Particulars: Published research has suggested that there are several predictors of readmission...
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Avoiding Pitfalls in Physician Employment Contracts
Faced with declining reimbursement, added expenses from implementing new technologies, and...
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Reducing Readmissions in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
In the United States, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and...
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Enhancing Patient Satisfaction After ED Visits
Efforts to improve the care experience for ED patients have the potential for wide-ranging...
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