Calendar of upcoming medical events.

Mobile technology has added another avenue of nosocomial infection and these devices are increasingly being used by hospitalists, patients, visitors and other health care workers. Hospitalists should lead the effort to combat this relatively new...

Citations with analysis of two articles of interest to Hospitalists....

In January, 2010, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released full details of the proposed Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. These proposed rules set initial requirements which hospitals and ...

Citation with link to and article on "guidelines for the management of patients with influenza and outbreak control."

an academic hospitalist group and identifies areas to focus interventions on both personal and systemic levels....

Iodine contrast nephropathy is the third most common cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure. With the increasing number of diagnostic and interventional procedures, gadolinium-based contrast agents (approved by the ...

A 72 year old male presented to the MU Internal Medicine inpatient service with a two month history of fatigue and malaise. He reported URI symptoms and low grade fevers during this period for which he had been seen at ...

The treatment of acute ischemic stroke is dependent on timely recognition. After ensuring airway, respiratory and circulatory stability, NIHSS should be performed and urgent CT scan obtained. If no exclusions exist, ...

A physician maldistribution exists when comparing rural with urban areas. It is necessary to ensure rural citizens have available, accessible, and acceptable quality medical care to remedy health disparities resulting from ...