Search results for "Staffing"
October 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/
How to help the hot spots: Nursing homes and COVID-19
ACP Hospitalist recently interviewed Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, about the COVID-19 situation in nursing homes and how hospitalists can make it better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/3.htm
3 Jun 2020
Post-hospital syndrome
With no definitive method in place to keep patients from returning to the hospital, perhaps it's time to look at the problem in a new way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2013
The July effect: Real or urban myth?
At teaching hospitals, the learning process restarts each summer. Does hospital quality dip at this crucial point?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2011
Balancing act: How ACGME work-hour limits are changing hospital medicine
When the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education decided in 2003 to limit residents' work to 80 hours per week, opponents said that the change would be a disaster for hospital medicine. But while the ruling has presented staffing challenges, patients have not suffered and hospitalists are in higher demand than ever on the job market.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/cover-story.htm
15 Oct 2007
Rural hospital closures shift care to other hospitals in region
In two years after a rural hospital closed, ED visits at hospitals within a 30-mile radius increased by 10.22% on average while inpatient admissions increased by 1.17%, according to an analysis of hospital closures in 2005 to 2016.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/rural-hospital-closures-shift-care-to-other-hospitals-in-region.htm
28 Sep 2022
Seven on/seven off: Readers respond
Readers respond to a recent opinion piece on seven on/seven off scheduling.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/lte.htm
15 Jul 2011
Digital tools help patients find their way
Hospitals offer wayfinding apps for patients and staff.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/wayfinding-apps.htm
15 May 2017
Do you know this surgeon?
With general surgeons in increasingly short supply, more hospitals will have to bring in temporary surgeons to help fill the demand for emergency and routine surgical services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/surgeon.htm
15 Aug 2009
Weekend ICU admissions may be associated with higher mortality rates
Cancer diagnoses often given quickly, impersonally
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/14/3.htm
14 Jul 2010