Conference Highlights: Hospital Medicine 2016
Analyzing Malpractice Claims Against Hospitalists The Particulars: Hospitalists often have...
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Infectious Disease
Medical Malpractice: Documenting 101
“Document, document, document” is the usual refrain. Actually, documentation is a perfect example...
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Diversity in the Physician Workforce
In the past several years, the goal for better diversification of the physician workforce in the...
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Interim CDC Guidelines for Zika: Evaluation and Testing Infants
CDC has developed interim guidelines for health care providers in the United States who are caring...
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Fighting the Dr. Oz World
As 2016 rolls out, many resolutions spring to life and others already lay broken underfoot....
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Examining Low HPV Vaccination Rates
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescents aged 11 or 12 has been shown to be...
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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Coverage Among Female Adolescents in Managed Care Plans — United States, 2013
Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, with a...
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Flu Vaccination Among Healthcare Professionals
Studies have shown that influenza among healthcare personnel (HCP) increases absenteeism and the...
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Updated Guidance for STDs
The CDC recently published an update to its 2010 sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment...
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Surgeon Convicted of Manslaughter Wins Right to Appeal
Last month, a three-judge panel granted English surgeon David Sellu the right to appeal his...
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The CDI Burden in Surgery
Despite increased national attention, the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and...
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Quality Care for Pneumonia in the Elderly
Adherence to recommended processes of care for patients hospitalized with pneumonia is publicly...
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Emergency Management of Sepsis
Studies have shown that rates of sepsis have steadily increased over the past decade and account...
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Can E-Reminders Reduce SSI Risk?
An estimated 400,000 surgical site infections (SSIs) occur each year in the United States, leading...
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Conference Highlights: CHEST 2015
New research was presented at CHEST 2015, the annual International Scientific Assembly of the...
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Predicting Infections After RSA
The rate of reverse shoulder arthroplasties (RSA) is increasing as its indications are expanding,...
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Understanding and Implementing Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommendations for Adults
The pneumococcal disease immunization schedule for adults in the United States is relatively...
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A New Resource for HIV Care Providers
The HIV Medicine Association has launched a new website, HIVClinician.org, to provide information...
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Conference Highlights: IDWeek 2015
New research was presented at IDWeek 2015, the combined annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases...
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Curing Diseases with a Cell – Video
Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease. Take pill. Kill something....
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