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For patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Sedatives Appear to Be Safe in Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

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High-dose intravenous sedatives not associated with excess morbidity or mortality
The percentage of uninsured persons is decreasing in the United States

CDC: Number of Uninsured Persons in U.S. Down Since 2013

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Increase in percentage of adults, children with private health insurance coverage from 2013 to 2015
Pennsylvania physicians have called for state- and national-level medical associations to take an active role in addressing the issue of increasing generic drug prices

Physicians Concerned By Increasing Cost of Generics

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Pennsylvania docs call for state- and national-level medical associations to address issue
Sepsis survivors have a substantially increased risk of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events after discharge

Sepsis Tied to Higher Post-Discharge Mortality Risk

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Higher risk of mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events can persist for five years
For older men

Admission to VA or Non-VA Hospitals Impacts Outcome

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Lower 30-day mortality for AMI, heart failure, but not pneumonia, with admission to VA hospitals
More patients report satisfaction with overall care in a nonteaching hospitalist service than in a general medicine teaching service

Patients More Satisfied With Care From Hospitalists

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More satisfied in setting of nonteaching hospitalist service versus general medicine teaching service
Medical liability reforms are likely to be advanced and challenged in 2016

AMA Highlights Issues Relating to Medical Liability Reform

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New ideas likely to be implemented in 2016 to address existing, developing issues in medical liability
Intensive care unit patients surviving to hospital discharge have higher five-year mortality and hospital resource use than hospital controls

Five-Year Mortality, Costs Up for ICU Survivors

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Intensive care unit survivors have higher mortality, use of hospital resources in five years after discharge
Physicians recently met in Seattle to discuss the difficulties and benefits associated with electronic health records in a third town hall meeting on the subject

Doctors Offer Suggestions for Electronic Health Records

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Suggestions offered on how to make EHRs more functional in practice, and reduce regulatory burden
Simplification

Patient-Centered System Recommended for Medical Billing

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Simplification, consolidation, and real-time cost information could improve medical billing system