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New Ventures for The American Journal of Medicine during 2008

Recently, I was evaluating a patient with my housestaff team. After I pointed out a physical finding that the residents had not noticed, it occurred to us that fewer imaging studies might have been...

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Hand-carried Ultrasound Performed by Hospitalists: Does It Improve the...

Adding hand-carried ultrasound information to the physician’s physical examination increases the accuracy of hospitalists’ assessment of left ventricular dysfunction, cardiomegaly, and pericardial...

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The Consequences of Requesting “Dispense as Written”

Almost 5% of all prescriptions are designated as “dispense as written” and request a brand name drug, rather than a generic drug. Dispense as written requests for chronic prescriptions have been...

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