Hospital Medicine Perspective

• Technology for Primary Care — Terrific, Terrifying, or Both? The paper appointment book has been replaced by scheduling systems sometimes lacking in flexibility for double booking, sibling visits, and variable length.
  MDedge, December 22, 2023
• CPAP Oversells and Underperforms The pressure pushers have been undeterred by evidence, says Dr Holley.
  Medscape Critical Care, December 22, 2023
• Lifesaving Surgery for Lungless Man   Surgical creativity and a dash of DIY helped Chicago-area man beat a devastating pulmonary infection that destroyed both of his lungs.
  Medscape, December 21, 2023
• Is It Possible to Predict the Risk for Pancreatic Cancer? A US-based team seeks to develop and validate a model allowing clinicians to predict the risk for pancreatic cancer.
  MDedge, December 21, 2023
• Physician-Owned Hospitals: The Answer for Better Care?   Drs Robert Glatter and Brian Miller discuss the current and renewed interest in physician-owned hospitals.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, December 21, 2023
• Infographic: Can Doctors Meet Retirement Finances Goals? Physicians revealed how big of a retirement nest egg their families want. Doctors, on average, have met 77% of that goal already, so most of them are confident in funding their retirement.
  Medscape, December 21, 2023
• Mandrola's Top 10 Cardiology Stories of 2023 Obesity drugs, factor XI inhibitors, and procedures such as TAVR, PCI, and TEER are among the top stories of 2023, according to cardiologist John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 20, 2023
• COPD: Tips on Primary Care Management   Changes in the lungs with aging can make COPD diagnosis more challenging. These tools and resources are invaluable.
  The Curbsiders, December 20, 2023
• Premature Babies Deserve Mature AI Clinicians in intensive care facilities don't have the privilege of being able to accept imperfect AI.
  Medscape Pediatrics, December 20, 2023
• Sodium Bicarbonate Use in the Emergency Department Two recent reviews may change how you use bicarb in the ED.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, December 20, 2023
• An Alternative to Walking Out There are a growing number of hospitals and clinics where nurses and physicians are exploring the possibility of organizing to give themselves a stronger voice in how healthcare is being delivered.
  MDedge, December 19, 2023
• Beware of Biased AI   AI to "aid" physician diagnosis may not be as helpful as we expect it to be.
  Medscape, December 19, 2023
• Infographic: Female Physicians Close Their Wealth Gap Female physicians' survey answers about their net worth show a gender gap vs male doctors (although it's narrowing) and reveal their saving and borrowing habits.
  Medscape, December 15, 2023
• Quitting Medical School Why would a physician who was burdened with student loans enter a subspecialty that would limit his or her ability to pay it off?
  MDedge, December 15, 2023
• Supercharge Your Medical Practice With ChatGPT An expert on artificial intelligence in oncology describes why, and how, to integrate ChatGPT into your clinical practice.
  Medscape Oncology, December 13, 2023
• Medscape Nurse Career Satisfaction Report 2023 Several categories of nurses describe what makes them happiest and unhappiest with their career, how the abuse they experience shapes their views, and other facets of career satisfaction.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 12, 2023
• In General, I'm Happy I'm a general neurologist. I consider myself a jack of all (or at least most) trades in my field and a master of none.
  MDedge, December 12, 2023
• Why Are Prion Diseases on the Rise?   Remember the outbreak of "mad cow disease" in the 1990s? Creutzfeldt-Jakob is increasing again, but this time, we don't know why.
  Medscape, December 11, 2023
• Why I Don't Worry About Nephrotoxicity With Zosyn   Dr Paul Auwaerter explains why a warning about nephrotoxicity doesn't influence his decision to use Zosyn when it's indicated.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 11, 2023
• Is Lifelong LDL-C Lowering Within Reach?   Michelle O'Donoghue interviews Verve CEO and cardiologist Sekar Kathiresan about PCSK9 gene editing to lower LDL cholesterol and the findings of the heart-1 study.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 11, 2023
• Dec 08 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Three aspects of the recent AF guideline documents and a possible new treatment of POTS are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 08, 2023
• Revamped APS Criteria and Their Impact on Clinical Research Dr Medha Barbhaiya and Dr Doruk Erkan answer questions about the new ACR-EULAR criteria and how they improve upon Sapporo APS classification criteria last updated in 2006.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, December 06, 2023