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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 56m

Analysis of Mortality and Length of Stay Associated With Implementation of a Large Telecritical Care Program in an Integrated Healthcare System buff.ly/BJYrFhI

Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7h

When a rural hospital dies

A physician reflects on the closure of a rural New England hospital, exploring the devastating impact of private equity on community health care access.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 11h

Given the long duty hours that resident physicians put in and the intense pressure they face in residency training, it is no surprise that residents report high degrees of stress and burnout.

Residency is hard every day. Here’s the support you deserve.

Confidential, convenient access to counseling is a win-win for resident physicians and the health systems where they train. Here’s what to ask for.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 16h

Workforce, physician shortages, critical care, lawsuits and grants. Weekly news updates focusing on hospitalists and hospital-based medicine

Workforce, physician shortages, critical care, lawsuits and grants

Read news for hospitalists: Infrastructure, research funding, vaccine critic, anticoagulation, patient encounters and treating CAP

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 1d

Presepsin, an innate immune activation biomarker, shows potential for predicting the prognosis of sepsis, but its predictive accuracy remains unclear.

Prognostic value of presepsin in sepsis and septic shock: a meta-analysis - PubMed

PROSPERO, identifier CRD42025639268.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 2d

Robotic surgery heats up with clearances and clinical trials
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Robotic surgery heats up with clearances and clinical trials

Companies are making big investments to develop surgical robots and the developments are being closely watched by hospitals.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 2d

Patients admitted to physicians who commonly prescribe first-generation antihistamines had 41% increased odds of experiencing delirium compared with patients admitted to low prescribers.

Older Antihistamines Tied to Delirium in Older Patients

Older Canadian adults whose physicians prescribe first-generation antihistamines in the hospital are more likely to experience delirium.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 2d

As healthcare’s ambulatory boom accelerates, hospitals are preparing to care for more medically complex patients. buff.ly/S8iEm9l

Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 3d

Survey on physician autonomy and patient care

Who’s in control of medicine? Physicians on job autonomy and patient care | Medical Economics

The Physicians Foundation publishes its latest poll results.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 3d

Each 1% absolute increase in first-generation antihistamine prescribing was associated with 8% increased odds of delirium in adjusted analyses.

Delirium Risk Increased for Seniors Prescribed First-Generation Antihistamines

Older adults admitted with higher prescribing of first-generation antihistamines are more likely to experience delirium in the hospital.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 3d

One big obstacle that ties up beds and helps keep patients stuck in the ED: delays in discharges to post-acute facilities. Strategies to reduce ED boarding..

Strategies to reduce ED boarding: Faster discharges to post-acute facilities

Transition collaboration agreements allow for expedited discharges when delays are purely administrative and patients are medically ready.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 3d

There were five treatment-emergent serious adverse events that were either probably or possibly related to the study drug

Cefiderocol versus standard therapy for hospital-acquired and health-care-associated Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (the GAME CHANGER trial): an open-label, parallel-group, randomised trial - PubMed

The University of Queensland, Shionogi, The Henderson Foundation, and the National Medical Research Council (Singapore).

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 3d

Credentialing for hospitals, health systems and health plans remains a repetitive, time-consuming burden that takes physicians’ attention away from their patients.

AMA solution cuts credentialing burdens for doctors, hospitals

VeriCre leverages AMA’s verified physician data to expedite the application processing and verification component of credentialing.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 6d

At Cooper University Healthcare in Camden, N.J., two different interventions are used to relieve ED boarding.

Strategies to reduce ED boarding: hallway beds and discharge lounges

Read how Cooper University Healthcare deployed two different interventions to relieve ED boarding, with positive patient experiences.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 6d

The restraint-free ICU: not quite there yet buff.ly/PTS7ogb

Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 6d

Equity in Handoff Practices: A Qualitative Project on Handoffs of Patients with Limited English Proficiency

Equity in Handoff Practices: A Qualitative Project on Handoffs of Patients with Limited English Proficiency - PubMed

This project revealed a mismatch between the ideal and current state of handoffs of patients with LEP. We developed five targeted recommendations to improve handoffs of this population, laying a…

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7d

The triage service tries to place an admission bed request within 15 minutes of the ED’s initial referral; the hospitalist assigned to that admitted patient should complete admission orders within 30 minutes. Read the process

Strategies to reduce ED boarding: Surrounding patients with outpatient resources

A triage process - timeline and communication expectations - is used with all patients presenting to ED who will be admitted.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7d

The chief resident is the bridge between attending physicians and residents. buff.ly/YFlkNVs

Chief Resident: Understanding the Role

Dr Nayiri Guedikian discusses the role of a chief resident.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7d

Safety Issues Around Use of IV Pumps: The everyday use of infusion pumps in patient care often leads to the devices’ complexity and potential risks being underestimated, misunderstood and possibly overlooked. buff.ly/M0xUgze

Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7d

What every intensivist should know about the biphasic kinetics of lactate in septic shock buff.ly/gzbgesa

Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 7d

“Delayed gratification can help with getting through training, but it comes with a tremendous set of costs,” says Annia Raja, PhD buff.ly/m3NUODf

Why so Many Physicians Struggle With the ‘Social Clock’

After years of training, many doctors find themselves successful on paper but feeling late to their own lives. Here’s how to stop playing catch-up.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 8d

Strategies that work: robust outpatient resources, discharge lounges, faster discharges to SNFs and the use of hallway beds on the floors.
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Want to cut down on ED boarding?

ED boarding times across hospitals are getting worse, hurting patient experience and outcomes. Read strategies from three health systems.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 10d

Public health, SNAP benefits, Medicare access, compensation and workload. News for #hospitalists

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Public health, SNAP benefits, Medicare access, compensation and workload

Read news for hospitalists: Infrastructure, research funding, vaccine critic, anticoagulation, patient encounters and treating CAP

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 10d

To better personalize and understand the nuances of recognizing specifics, experts shared directives that can offer guidance.

Warning Signs a Hospital Patient Is Lonely or Afraid

Recognizing isolation or fear in a patient is important for hospitalists and may require a little more time with the patient.

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Today's Hospitalist @todayshospitalist.bsky.social · 11d

While one-half of hospitalists responding to our latest survey don't work in their ICU at all, more than one-third (35.5%)) of adult hospitalists serve in an ICU—as an attending.

How many hospitalists work in ICUs?

Read “How many hospitalists work in ICUs? ” and other informative articles in Today’s Hospitalist. Follow us for news & tips in the medical career field.

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