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COMMENTARY [8-page section]
Prognostic Implications of Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Stenting Among Politicians
Kenneth S. Korr, MD, FACC
Are We Right When We’re Certain? Overconfidence in Medicine
Jeffrey A. Lam, BA, MD’21
Edward Feller, MD, FACP, FACG
The Perspective of a Human Computer
Kathleen Garvey, PC ’20 |
WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE
RIMJ Readers' Photos
Rancho Mirage, California |
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EXTRA – CASE REPORTS
Co-infection with SARS-CoV-2 and Human Metapneumovirus
Francine Touzard-Romo, MD
Chantal TapÉ, BA, MD’20
John R. Lonks, MD
COVID-19 in a Patient Presenting with Syncope and a Normal Chest X-ray
CHANTAL TAPÉ, BA, MD’20; KATRINA M. BYRD, MD; SU AUNG, MD; JOHN R. LONKS, MD;
TIMOTHY P. FLANIGAN, MD; NATASHA R. RYBAK, MD |
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INFECTION CONTROL
Guest Editor
John R. Lonks, MD
[Complete 21-page Themed Section]
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Examining the Components of Effective Infection Control and Prevention
John R. Lonks, MD |
MRSA Prevalence in Preoperative S. aureus
Nasal Culture Isolates is Significantly Different From a Traditional Hospital-wide Antibiogram
Andrew R. Crawford, MD
Nancy Vallande, MS
John R. Lonks, MD |
Safety and Nosocomial Clostridioides difficile Infections
Susan Steeves, MSN, RN
Nancy Vallande, MS
John R. Lonks, MD
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Antibiotics and Nosocomial Clostridioides difficile, a Retrospective Chart Review
Kelly A. Skrable, MD, MPH
John R. Lonks, MD
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Rate of Clostridioides difficile Culture Positivity Among Hospitalized Patients
John R. Lonks, MD
Eric Nolette, BS
Jennifer L. Cadnum, BS
Curtis J. Donskey, MD
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To Treat or Not to Treat: UTI or Bacteriuria?
Raul Macias-Gil, MD
Emily O’Neill, PharmD
Melissa M. Gaitanis, MD |
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Disseminating Education and Treatment for Children and Adolescents
with Eating Disorders Across Levels of Care
Eva-Molly Petitto Dunbar, MA
Christina Tortolani, PhD
Abigail Donaldson, MD
Diane DerMarderosian, MD
Michelle Rickerby, MD
Andrea B. Goldschmidt, PhD |
Proposed Healthcare Initiatives to Mitigate Opioid Risk and Advance Safety of Pain Management
Danielle Famularo
Angela Kuzmanoski
Jayne Pawasauskas, PharmD, BCPS
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Prescription Opioid Prescribing in Western Europe and the United States
Aiden Meyer
Cheryl LeClair, MSW
James V. McDonald, MD, MPH |
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RIMS NEWS [5-page section]
Are you reading RIMS Notes?
Working for You: RIMS Advocacy Activites
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IN THE NEWS [8-page section]
RIDOH announces second presumptive positive COVID-19 case; testing a third individual
All three individuals from the same European trip; two schools in Rhode Island temporarily closed
Lifespan, Brown Medical School send message of support to
academic medical center partner Wuhan Union Hospital
Care New England releases fiscal year 2020 First Quarter results
Care New England purchases new beds for Women & Infants, Kent
STROKE Research new drug helps to preserve brain cells
Coastal Medical, Lifespan sign LOI to pursue affiliation
Dominic Thomas Kleinhenz, MD, of University Orthopedics performs
breakthrough surgery for treatment of cervical disc degeneration
Lifespan acquires da Vinci Xi’s for Miriam, RIH to expand robotic-assisted, minimally
invasive procedures
Providence VA Medical Center holds ribbon cuttings for new ICU, garage |
PEOPLE/PLACES [4-page section]
Appointments
Jonathan Friedman joins University Gastroenterology as COO
Rebecca Boss joins CODAC as COO
RECOGNITION
Southcoast Health awarded AHA Gold for workplace health
Integra Community Care Network #2 in overall quality score in
national ranking of ‘Next Generation ACOs’
Lindsay Orchowski, PhD, earns Selya Award for Excellence in Research
Obituaries
Vincent A. DeConti, MD
Alceu L. Pedreira, MD
Jacob Y. Schinazi, MD |
HERITAGE
Aboard the Adriatic, Bound for Alexandria
Letters to the Editor from Dr. F.T. Rogers, 1922
Mary Korr |
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