Search results for "Clinical Care"
Algorithm may help guide antibiotic therapy for staphylococcal bacteremia
The algorithm predefined diagnostic evaluations, antibiotic selection, and duration of therapy, and its outcomes were compared to those in similar patients whose physicians had unrestricted choice of antibiotic and duration of therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/03/1.htm
3 Oct 2018
Syncope units: One solution to an expensive problem
These multidisciplinary teams function as part of EDs, observation or inpatient units. European studies suggest they may help shorten length of stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/yp.htm
15 Nov 2013
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
Top Docs
Our call for nominations last spring yielded an impressive number of nominees, from which our editorial board selected the ten featured here. These physicians have done admirable work in patient rounding, resident education, technology, workload balance, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coverstory.htm
15 Nov 2013
Surgical comanagement done right
With no clear definition of surgical comanagement, it's no wonder that hospitalists disagree on which patients should be comanaged, how arrangements should be structured, and whether the whole movement toward comanagement is a boon or bane for hospitalists and their patients. Our cover story examines the concept and offers tips on making comanagement work for your group.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/cover.htm
15 Mar 2009
Hospital medicine around the world
The field is catching on in several countries outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Although the health care systems and situations may differ, supporters’ reasons for wanting hospital medicine to flourish there are often the same, and the barriers are often similar, as well.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/world.htm
15 Jul 2009
Integrative medicine: Coming to a hospital near you
A growing number of hospitals are incorporating complementary and alternative medicine into their treatment through the use of so-called integrative medicine, which blends conventional and nonconventional tactics rather than using one or the other exclusively. What do hospitalists need to know about these therapies?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/cover.htm
15 Apr 2008
Striving for 100% customer satisfaction
Striving for 100% customer satisfaction As patient satisfaction figures more prominently in health care and quality measurement, some worry that hospitals' standard patient satisfaction surveys don’t accurately measure hospitalist care. How should hospitalists prepare for future use of satisfaction data?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/cover.htm
15 Jul 2008
Fight or flight?
Conflict may be uncomfortable, but it's a fact of life for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/conflict.htm
15 Sep 2012
Two risk scores most accurately predict outcomes after lower GI bleeding
The Oakland score performed best for predicting safe discharge, major bleeding, and transfusion, while the Strate score performed best for hemostasis, according to a recent review and meta-analysis that assessed four scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/08/two-risk-scores-most-accurately-predict-outcomes-after-lower-gi-bleeding.htm
8 Jun 2022