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Review of From a Distant Relation by Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky, edited and translated by James Adam Redfield
Berdichevsky, Mikhah Yosef. From a Distant Relation, edited and translated by James Adam Redfield (Syracuse NY: Syracuse University Press, 2021), 448 pages, $34.95. Raised in yeshiva and fluent in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German, Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky (1865-1921) saw himself as a modern Josephus, the early historian of the Jews, a man knowledgeable about tradition yet committed to embracing change.
An Evolving Hospital Quality Star Rating System From CMS
In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings program in an attempt to provide a single public measure of hospital quality, summarizing dozens of metrics on Hospital Compare.1 The star ratings carry considerable credibility, given that they are issued by the federal government, the single largest health care payer in the US.
Insulin Dosing Error in a Patient With Severe Hyperkalemia
An adult patient with a complex medical history undergoing hemodialysis presented with leg pain and swelling. Workup revealed a thrombosed common iliac vein stent. A heparin infusion was started and the patient was admitted. During hospitalization, the patient’s dialysis access was noted to have poor flow. Subsequently, he was scheduled for a new dialysis catheter placement in interventional radiology (IR).
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