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News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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Kate Middleton's Medical Records; FDA Syringe Warning; NIH Ends COVID Guidelines

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Medicare $$ Needed to Help State-Licensed Emergency Centers Survive, Lawmakers Told

"This model doesn't work" without it, says emergency center CEO

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Weight-Based High-Flow Oxygen for Bronchiolitis May Reduce ICU Admissions

A weight-based high-flow nasal cannula protocol tied to 6.1% decrease per year in ICU admission

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Algorithm May Help Determine Oxygen Targets for Mechanically Ventilated Adults

If results are "true and generalizable, then the consequences are staggering," editorialist says

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Another Trader Joe's Recall; CDC Measles Alert; Agency Tackles Health Worker Burnout

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts

Video laryngoscopy also led to fewer intubation failures, injuries versus direct laryngoscopy

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Time to Stop Violence in the Healthcare Work Environment

Two bills in Congress addressing this issue need our support

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A New Kind of Hospital Is Coming to Rural America

To become a rural emergency hospital, qualifying facilities must close all their inpatient beds

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What to Do if You Didn't Match Into Residency (After SOAP)

Take time to process your emotions, assess what went wrong, and make a plan to move forward

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Hold Your Horses, Health Workers With COVID Still Must Isolate

This aspect of CDC's guidance is not to be glossed over

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EPA Imposes New Limit on Medical Sterilization Chemical, Citing Cancer Risk

Rule would lower emission standards for ethylene oxide by 90%, agency says

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Match Rates Stable as Applicants, Positions Reach All-Time Highs

Pediatrics took a hit this year, while emergency medicine rebounded

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MedPAC's Report Recommends Pay Changes for Healthcare Services

Report highlights MA quality, overpayment issues, and urges action on four prior recommendations

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EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD

Greater reduction in systolic BP over usual care in randomized trial

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MedPod Today: AAMC Leaked Emails; 'Wild West' of Ketamine; MA Games the System

番茄社区 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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Republican Senators Blast Biden's Proposed HHS Budget

At issue were the exclusion of PBM reform, and nursing home, Title X funding requirements

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RaDonda Vaught Says Some System Practices Contributed to Fatal Mistake

During patient safety webinar, she advised clinicians to "slow down" to avoid deadly mistakes

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#Match2024 Goes Viral; Medical Training Tab Adds Up; Doc Lost in Insurance Maze

Healthcare social media content from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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More States Cut Training Requirements for Some International Medical Graduates

Alternative pathways to licensing for IMGs spreads beyond Tennessee

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Pediatrics Taxed in This Year's Match With 249 Unfilled Positions

Unfilled positions were spread across more than 60 pediatric residency programs

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DAPT Maintains Early Neurologic Function in Mild-Moderate Stroke

Do benefits of clopidogrel-aspirin apply when going up a notch in stroke severity?

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Don't Drive on These Meds; Darryl Strawberry's Heart Attack; CDC Airport Screening

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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A Health System in Critical Condition

An excerpt from the new book, The Sky Was Falling

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It's Match Week, but That Won't Fix the Physician Shortage

Short-term legislative solutions can help today in the face of stagnant systemic change

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Sickle Cell Pain Hospitalizations Rose After CDC's Opioid Recs

Agency's 2016 guidance may have contributed to reduced access to opioids, and more pain

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Commonly Used Fingertip Pulse Oximeters Not Up to Snuff

Some failed to meet regulatory standards, skin pigmentation remains an issue

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MedPAC Members Pan Rural Hospitals' 'Cost-Plus' Billing System for Medicare Patients

Allowing the system to stay in place is "unconscionable," says one commissioner

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Leaked AAMC Emails Reveal Concern About ERAS Exodus

What AAMC calls "fragmentation," critics call "competition"

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One-Week GLP-1 Agonist Hold Not Enough Before Anesthesia?

Even following this rule, increased residual gastric content still prevalent

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Residency Match Week: Everything You Need to Know

A step-by-step guide to one of the most highly anticipated days in medical school

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Probe Into Private Equity in Healthcare Launched

Federal agencies invite public comments

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Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told

Use of "hybrid" payment model urged

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Esketamine After C-Section Eased Postpartum Depression Symptoms

Symptoms were reduced a week after delivery, but effects faded rapidly

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Clinicians at Telehealth Company File to Unionize

Union head said it was "only a matter of time" before telehealth providers organized

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AAAAI Roundup: Perioperative Assessment of Antibiotic Allergy With a Mobile App

Plus, other selected poster presentations from the allergy meeting

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Toxic Gas That Sterilizes Medical Devices Prompts Safety Rule Update

The EPA is set to take action after public outcry

Medicaid Expansion and Healthcare Workers; Cardiac Rehabilitation

Also in TTHealthWatch: cognition and memory after COVID

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Eulogy for a Healthcare Worker

Medicine's next generation can do it better

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'The Good Doctors' -- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Medicine

Strengths, challenges, and stories of "real" Dr. Shaun Murphys

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CDC Shortens COVID Isolation Recs

People testing positive for COVID no longer need to stay in isolation for 5 days

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