hospital medicine

Key Challenges Faced by Today’s Hospitalists

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On any given day, Andrea Braden, MD, must make quick clinical decisions about hospital patients who require emergency care. Her biggest challenge as a hospitalist is “the anxiety around never knowing what is going to come in the door that day,” said Braden, who is also an OB/GYN and lead clinical educator for TeamHealth in … Read more

Canadian Pediatricians Ill Prepared to Treat Drug Overdoses

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Illicit drug toxicity is an “escalating public health emergency” in Canada that significantly affects adolescents, yet pediatricians are ill prepared to manage it, new research suggested. A study of more than 1000 pediatricians in Canada who care for young people aged 12-18 years found that while close to 14% reported caring for at least one … Read more