February/March 2009

Hospital medicine has evolved past the point where practitioners must justify the profession through cost-effectiveness studies. As hospital medicine assumes greater prominence in the healthcare system, hospitalists will be asked to take on larger leadership roles.

One important aspect of medical care for the elderly is enacting strategies to prevent infections before and during hospitalization.

As anyone who has lugged a notebook computer through an airport can attest, even today's sleekest machines feel heavy after a few hours.