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Mayo Research: Intervention Drops Hospital Infection Rate By a ThirdEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mayo Clinic researchers say they've found a way to reduce the acquisition of the clostridium difficile infection and drop its frequency to a fraction of what it had been. (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations

Obituary:John “Jack” Collins, MD, Heart Transplant PioneerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
John J. “Jack” Collins Jr., MD, BWH’s former chief of Cardiac Surgery who performed the first heart transplant operation in New England, died Saturday, March 6, 2010. He was 76. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Bulletin BulletsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

BWH Celebrates National Social Work MonthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The BWH Department of Social Work is joining social workers across the country to celebrate the profession and acknowledge the important work they do to help patients through difficult and challenging times. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Couple Launches NICU Reading ProgramEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While their prematurely born son received care in the NICU, Susie and Jeremy Wilkening found comfort in reading him children’s books when they couldn’t hold him. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Partners Provides Funding for Teen Health CenterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Boston students last year made more than 800 visits to the English High School Teen Health Center, operated by BWH’s Brookside Community Health Center. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

ED Renovations BeginEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To improve the overall patient experience, including reducing wait times and improving flow, the Department of Emergency Medicine is beginning a renovation project that will continue throughout 2010. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

All in a Night’s Work: In ControlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article about the Control Room is the first of a short series shining a light on nights. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 19, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

St. Michael's - Inspired Care. Inspiring Science.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News stroke risk immigrants Source Type: organizations

U.S. Goverment Recognizes Wisconsin for Achievements in Aging and Disability ResourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The federal Administration on Aging (AoA) has recognized the Wisconsin Department of Health Services' pioneering work and continued innovation with Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). Assistant Secretary for Aging, Kathy Greenlee, announced the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at a national conference last month. (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Four indicted in multimillion-dollar mortgage schemeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A former branch manager at TopDot Mortgage in Boca Raton, along with a bank vice president and a Palm Beach Gardens attorney, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in what authorities say was a mortgage scam. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Prime Minister hails new Christie radiotherapy centre as great advance in health serviceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised The Christie for "leading the way in health care" with its new radiotherapy centre in Oldham when he visited today, Thursday 18th March 2010. (Source: Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Source: Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Organisation Source Type: organizations

Dr. Koop honored for AIDS awareness legacyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Citing the "bold" and "courageous" efforts that C. Everett Koop, M.D., took to prevent and to raise awareness of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during his tenure as Surgeon General, Indiana University's Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) presented Koop with its 2010 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award on March 17, 2010. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: David.A.Corriveau at Dartmouth.edu (David Corriveau, Media Relations Officer) Source Type: organizations

Associations Between Diet and Kidney Function Decline DiscoveredEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Study shows potential of diet as preventative measure in kidney function decline. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Stress During Pregnancy May Increase Offspring’s Risk of Developing AsthmaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A child's risk for asthma may be raised if the child's mother was under stress during pregnancy. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 18, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

Telemedicine leads to better stroke evaluations in rural areasEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A growing number of medical centers that have access to stroke specialists are transmitting their expertise to rural communities via audio/video telemedicine consultation, with significant clinical results, according to a new clinical study that examined trials conducted in Arizona and California. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations

Synovus names CEO CB&T of East AlabamaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Synovus Financial Corp. promoted Wade M. Burford to president and CEO of CB&T of East Alabama. (SNV) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

For Gifford, Bank of America is the acquirer that keeps on payingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chad Gifford, the former FleetBoston Financial CEO who brokered the bank’s sale to Bank of America Corp. in 2003, received $1.8 million in fees, private jet usage and other perks last year as a BofA adviser and board member. (BAC) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

World Golf Tour nails $10M Series CEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
World Golf Tour closed a $10 million Series C financing round led by JAFCO Ventures, the venture capital arm of Japan-based private equity firm JAFCO Co. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

USAA achieves record financial results in 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Financial services company USAA bucked the downturn in the national economy by achieving its best fiscal year ever in 2009. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

CalSTRS promotes Wirth to private equity directorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System on Tuesday named Margot Wirth the director of its $16.8 billion private equity portfolio. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Community Bank Corp.’s CEO Burzinski to retireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jeff Burzinski, who started Chaska-based Community Bank Corp. in 2000 and has been its CEO since then, is retiring this May. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

PremierWest raises $18.7MEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PremierWest Bancorp raised $18.7 million through its recently concluded rights offering, the parent of PremierWest Bank announced. (PRWT) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Fidelity Southern trims chairman’s pay packageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fidelity Southern Corp. trimmed its net loss and its top executive’s total compensation in 2009. (LION) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Lipscomb students win investing contestEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Maybe we should just give our money to the kids at Lipscomb University. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

First patient treated at Christie radiotherapy centre in OldhamEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Christie, one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, received national praise today as it opened its new radiotherapy centre in Oldham – the first facility of its kind in the UK. (Source: Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
Source: Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Organisation Source Type: organizations

Jones Lang moves I-banking to HoustonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. is setting up a Houston office for its Americas Real Estate Investment Banking (REIB) business and has lured away three executives from CB Richard Ellis to handle the local workload. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Becker's Hospital Review Top 30 HospitalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BWH (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - March 17, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations

St. Michael's - an innovative organization, a rich traditionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media)
Source: St. Michael's Hospital News and Media - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Tags: Hospital News stroke risk immigrants Source Type: organizations

Maritime Savings talking to investorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The board of Maritime Savings Bank is holding “meaningful dialog” with several undisclosed parties that would invest in the bank that is short of its regulatory capital requirements. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

TECO raises $550 million in public offeringEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TECO Energy Inc. and subsidiary TECO Finance Inc. completed a $550 million public offering. (TE) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Encore Bank divests Florida assetsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Encore Bancshares Inc. has executed two separate deals to sell its Florida operations, the company said Tuesday. (EBTX) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Financial Engines IPO beats expectations, stock soarsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Financial Engines Inc. stock soared more than 40 percent Tuesday on its first day of trading after it raised about $127 million in an initial public offering that exceeded expectations. (FNGN) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals

Lower extremity ulcers and the satisfied searchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Behnam Tehrani, Oliver Szeto, Chayan Chakraborti Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

Disseminated sporotrichosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No Abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Arif Kamal, Robert Orenstein Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

Myelofibrosis with massive hepatosplenomegaly and osteolytic bone lesionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ginger M. Merry, Paul B. Aronowitz Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

Reactive erythema secondary to adult T-cell leukemia and Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Takeshi Ueda, Akiko Nakayama, Koji Endo, Ichihiko Tanamura, Asako Kurokami, Hideta Sakemi Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

A painful rashEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mario Madruga, Marc Gutierrez Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

Cefepime: An underrecognized cause of nonconvulsive status epilepticusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Hady Lichaa, Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, Elizabeth Cerceo, Vijay Rajput, William Surkis Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals

A case of extreme subcutaneous and peripheral insulin resistanceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010;5:E16-E17. © 2010 Society of Hospital Medicine. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Elliot B. Tapper, Daniel D. Dressler Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals

A fatal case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We present a 51-year-old female treated with unfractionated heparin for acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). She developed extension of her thrombosis and was promptly diagnosed with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HITT). She did not, however, develop thrombocytopenia until 5 days after the extension of her thrombosis. The possible diagnosis of HITT is important for clinicians to keep in mind for all patients that are receiving any form of heparin, not only those patients who present with thrombocytopenia but also those with otherwise unexplainable thrombosis regardless of the pl...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Emily Z. T. Mathews Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals

A case of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis in a postpartum Ghanaian femaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lanitha Srikugan, Aathavan Loganayagam, Kevin Kelleher Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals

Only practice and praxis can limit the unavoidable errors of the practiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Piersandro Sette, Romolo Dorizzi, Anna M. Azzini, Giuseppe Castellano Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: journals

Antibiotic prescription patterns in hospitalized patients with nursing home-acquired pneumoniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Considerable research has increased our understanding of antibiotic prescribing practices in hospital settings when it comes to nosocomial pneumonia. Much less is known about the antibiotic prescribing patterns for hospitalized non-critically ill patients with nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP).As part of a multisite quality improvement project, we sought to examine patterns of antibiotic prescription among healthcare providers as a function of underlying comorbid, functional, and clinical factors.Three tertiary care centers.Chart reviews of 397 individual admissions were performed on patients admitted from nursing hom...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ali A. El-Solh, Misha Peter, Ziad Alfarah, Morohunfolu E. Akinnusi, Abbas Alabbas, Lilibeth A. Pineda Tags: Original Research Source Type: journals

Hospitalist physician leadership skills: Perspectives from participants of a leadership conferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To characterize how the use of behavioral contracts may serve to focus individuals' intentions to grow as leaders.Between 2007 and 2008, participants of the Society of Hospital Medicine Leadership Academy courses completed behavioral contracts to identify 4 action plans they wanted to implement based on things learned at the Academy. Contracts were independently coded by 2 investigators and compared for agreement. Content analysis identified several major themes that relate to professional growth as leaders. Follow-up surveys assessed fulfillment of personal goals.The majority of respondents were male (84; 70.0%), and most...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Christine Soong, Scott M. Wright, Eric E. Howell Tags: Original Research Source Type: journals

Drumstick digits: a case of clubbing of the fingers and toesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
No abstract. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Kim Nguyen, Paul Aronowitz Tags: Images Dx Source Type: journals

Hyponatremia in a patient with cryptococcal meningitis: Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) or cerebral salt wasting (CSW)?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Journal of Hospital Medicine 2010;5:193-195. © 2010 Society of Hospital Medicine. (Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Jasminder Momi, Christopher Tang, Antoine C. Abcar, Dean A. Kujubu, John J. Sim Tags: Case Reports Source Type: journals

In sight but out of mindEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Letizia Attala, Adam Tremblay, Giampaolo Corti, Sanjay Saint, Alessandro Bartoloni Tags: Clinical Care Conundrum Source Type: journals

The ethics of the hospitalist modelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The hospitalist model was founded on the premise that it could improve the quality and reduce the cost of hospital care. Many randomized studies have all but definitively proven this original assertion. Nevertheless, the hospitalist specialty raises lingering classical ethical issues: protecting the patient-physician relationship in an environment of increasing specialization and discontinuity of care, preserving patient autonomy and choice when structural changes are made in the provision of care, and ensuring that a model founded on efficiency and cost-effectiveness does not erode the public trust in hospitalists to alwa...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - March 16, 2010 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Adam Haley Rosenbloom, Alan Jotkowitz Tags: Review - Narrative Source Type: journals