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‘Multimorbidities’ in RA make impact on treatment efficacy, disease activity
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- Karen Blum
The effects of two or more chronic conditions in patients with RA, such as obesity, fibromyalgia, depression, and anxiety, need to be considered...
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Novel med-rec program keys on timely, accurate patient histories
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- Karen Blum
The session will describe a hospital-based approach to yield timely, accurate, and efficient medication histories.
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Exploring issues at academic centers affiliated with HM
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- Karen Blum
Learn how hospitalists at community hospitals can leverage resources from their larger, affiliated academic centers.
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Multiple career options for hospitalists
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- Karen Blum
This session will highlight the wide range of job possibilities for young hospitalists and provide a framework for advancing your career.
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Learn how to lead the battle against unnecessary testing
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- Karen Blum
The estimates are that about a third of what we do in health care is unnecessary.
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What hospitalists must know about co-management
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- Karen Blum
With patient comanagement arrangements between hospitalists and other surgical and medical subspecialists becoming more common, HM17 attendees won...
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Simplify cardiac risk assessment for rheumatologic conditions
- Author:
- Karen Blum
- Sara Freeman
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Simplify Cardiac Risk Assessment for Rheumatologic Conditions
- Author:
- Karen Blum
- Sara Freeman
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Diagnosis, treatment of gout lag behind prevalence
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- Karen Blum
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Anti-TNF agents may slow erosive hand osteoarthritis
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- Karen Blum
- Sara Freeman
LONDON – Targeting tumor necrosis factor could benefit patients with erosive hand disease.
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Actionable traits will guide gastroenterologists in treatment of obesity
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- Karen Blum
- Ted Bosworth
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Gastroenterology is fertile ground for personalized medicine
- Author:
- Karen Blum
- Kari Oakes
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Top medtech successes in gastroenterology and metabolic diseases this year
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- Karen Blum
Gastroenterology as a specialty is in transition when it comes to technology, and gastroenterologists will have to decide whether to stay the...
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Watch for failure to thrive in children with eosinophilic esophagitis
- Author:
- Karen Blum
Be on the lookout for failure to thrive among pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.
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TB declines among foreign-born in U.S.
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- Karen Blum
Tuberculosis rates among foreign-born people living in the United States have fallen by nearly 20%, according to a Centers for Disease Control and...