When asked, “What keeps a hospitalist up at night?” Jeff Shapiro, MD, hospitalist at Central Valley Health Partners at Foothill Presbyterian Hospital answered, “Well, I can tell you it used to be medication reconciliation.” 

A “whole team” approach is needed to reduce the inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in nursing homes. Everyone on the team has a part to play and a contribution to make to effective Antibiotic Stewardship.

Medical offices must make reasonable efforts to accommodate individuals with disabilities by allowing service animals into the office. However, sometimes it is not obvious that the dog is a service animal.

The challenge for most healthcare professionals is to identify and implement systems/processes to optimize patient care transitions and avert costly new penalties for Medicare readmissions.

Every good doctor providing care knows that pain management – sometimes on an ongoing and chronic basis – is essential.