The Latest in Hospitalist News (Archived)

OIG: Medicare wasted $300 million on DME infusion payments

February 27, 2013

Health Policy

The envelope, please

February 27, 2013

Cocaine use ups hospital death post subarachnoid hemorrhage

February 27, 2013

Neurology

Noninvasive ventilation safe in general, but not for CAP

February 27, 2013

Beta-2 agonists don't reduce mortality from ARDS

February 27, 2013

Pulmonology

Aldo-DHF published: Spironolactone aids LV function but not symptoms

February 26, 2013

Cardiology

Poor outcomes seen after carotid intervention non-ST-elevation MI

February 26, 2013

In-hospital strokes fare worse despite thrombolysis

February 26, 2013

Short course of clopidogrel, aspirin lowers stroke recurrence

February 25, 2013

New respiratory coronavirus shows concerning SARS echoes

February 25, 2013

Health care-associated infections in hospitals continue to decline

February 25, 2013

Infectious Diseases

Choosing Wisely: More tests questioned in second round

February 22, 2013

Health Policy

Cardiac stress testing underutilized in stroke patients

February 22, 2013

Blognosis: Radiology group says not all repeat tests are bad

February 21, 2013

Blognosis: CDC app lets players solve disease outbreaks

February 21, 2013