Notes from Dr. RW has compiled a list of the Top 10 Issues in Hospital Medicine in 2005:1. State of the hospitalist movement
2. Natrecor controversy
3. Emerging infections
4. Controversies in hypercoagulability
5. Emergency cardiac care
6. Electronic medical records and computerized physician order entry
7. Integration of multiple modalities in the treatment of sepsis
8. Quality, accountability and P4P
9. Inpatient glycemic control
10. Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
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Definition of "Hospitalist" Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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