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Resource use, outcomes of hospitalization may be associated with care continuity

Patients were more likely to be discharged home if they were cared for by their primary care physician versus by a hospitalist, while patients cared for by other generalists were less likely to be discharged home than patients cared for by hospitalists.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/21/4.htm
21 Nov 2017

Prepping IM residents for primary care

Although most patient visits and more than 60% of procedures now occur in the outpatient setting, most of the focus on residency training is on critically ill patients in the hospital.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/education.htm
1 May 2017

Concomitant influenza infection associated with worse in-hospital outcomes in heart failure patients

Rates of in-hospital mortality, acute respiratory failure with and without mechanical ventilation, and acute kidney injury with and without dialysis were significantly higher in patients admitted with heart failure and influenza infection compared to admissions for heart failure alone.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/08/4.htm
8 Jan 2019

Latest research on COVID-19 antibodies, cardiac and stroke risks, mortality rates

A monoclonal antibody treatment showed benefit in outpatients, data varied on duration of antibody response, cardiac effects appeared common while strokes were not, and mortality improved, among other recent findings on COVID-19.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/03/1.htm
3 Nov 2020

An app for delirium

Delirium screening using the app took about a minute and was almost 90% effective among elderly inpatients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/05/an-app-for-delirium.htm
1 May 2022

Medicine and management: hits from Hospital Medicine

An expert discusses managing aortic dissection as a disease for life. Also, highlights from Hospital Medicine 2009 discuss caring for the pregnant patient, documenting care for the best reimbursement and ways to improve handoffs from shift to shift.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/shm.htm
1 Jul 2009

Questions, answers on certification

A session outlined how a new Maintenance of Certification process will work. Starting in 2018, eligible physicians certified in internal medicine will be offered the choice of taking an assessment every two years or every 10 years.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/MOC.htm
1 Jun 2017

POCUS puts focus on the patient encounter

Point-of-care ultrasound has made its way from a niche practice to everyday use in the clinic. One expert explains an acronym she uses to teach clinicians to do a full POCUS exam.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/pocus-puts-focus-on-the-patient-encounter.htm
1 Jun 2022

Improving trainee well-being vital to medical culture

Three steps can help.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/improving-trainee-well-being-vital-to-medical-culture.htm
1 Jun 2022

Making smoking cessation less of a struggle

This month's issue considers smoking cessation, helping patients with disabilities, and conference coverage from the Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/making-smoking-cessation-less-of-a-struggle.htm
1 Jun 2022

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