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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. Only 15% (n=5) received emergency response training outside of residency, with 3% (n=1) during medical school.

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ICU telemedicine programs bring essential critical care to community hospitals

Sound Physicians

With the absence of intensivists on the ground in these community hospitals, the question becomes how to treat these patients where and when they need care. Our tele-ICU program , which is part of our critical care specialty, has brought meaningful and much-needed intensive care to remote communities for the past five years.

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Integration with intention

Sound Physicians

It can also put them at immediate risk—research shows that nearly 60% of medication errors happen during this period. Integrating your emergency and hospital medicine programs can make a huge difference in mitigating messy handoffs.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

OUR ENTIRE FIELD of hospital medicine grew out of the need to innovate to address the growing complexities of inpatient medicine. But these early systems often struggled with complex medical terminology and the natural flow of conversation. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment.

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Beware the bait-and-switch when it comes to HM program contracts

Sound Physicians

Still, we know that sometimes the final decision comes down to a single factor: cost. While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors. percent and 5.7 percent annually. Why the gap?

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Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

Sound Physicians

Many rural hospitals offer higher base salaries, a lower cost of living, and incentives like loan repayment programs. In hospital medicine, these shifts may follow a block schedule to support continuity of care, while emergency medicine often allows for more flexible, intermittent scheduling.

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Dedicated ICU management: Navigating the transition

Sound Physicians

For hospitals, this means investing in cutting-edge medical interventions and partnerships that help them transition to the modern best-practice of dedicated ICU management. Sound Critical Care is at the forefront of bringing coordinated leadership and clinical excellence to hospital ICUs and the patients within them.