Search results for "Substance Abuse"
The prescription for pain management
Physicians can wield considerable influence to ease the suffering of patients in pain, starting with identifying the optimal drug and administering it before pain escalates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2013
Targeting smoking cessation efforts
Hospitalists can tailor therapies and increase the chance that patients will quit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/targeting-smoking-cessation-efforts.htm
15 Feb 2018
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beds. These facilities include a Veterans Affairs medical center, which alsoprovides substance abuse treatment; a facility devoted to orthopedic care;and 3 facilities dedicated to pediatric care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/acph-200904-pulseonomaha.pdf
1 Jul 2009
Fighting the battle against PTSD
While the military screens soldiers leaving Iraq and Afghanistan for mental health problems at least twice within six months of returning from combat, PTSD can show up several months or years after a person leaves the battlefield. Internists in community and Veterans Affairs hospitals alike must be able to spot and treat PTSD in patients, even when the disorder isn’t immediately apparent.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/cover.htm
15 Sep 2008
San Diego, California, was the first European settlement on ...
Three facilities supply long-term acute-care services, and 3 facilitiesprovide psychiatric and substance abuse treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/acph-201103-pulseonsandiego.pdf
14 Feb 2011
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HIV infection 34,958 9,230 26.4%. Screening and 60,417 15,695 26.0%history of mental health and substance abuse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t2.pdf
28 Feb 2014
Charleston, West Virginia, is located at the confluence of ...
In. addition, the city has a facility that specializes in long-term acute care and ahospital that treats patients with psychiatric and substance abuse conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/acph-201102-pulseoncharleston.pdf
14 Feb 2011
Diaries share, and help resolve, secrets of the ICU
Daily logs may help lower incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/qa.htm
15 Feb 2011
In the News
New hospitals and patient satisfaction, NSAIDs and adverse events, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2015
Improve core measure compliance with electronic medical record tools
A hospitalist explains how his facility uses its EHR to meet CMS core measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/perspectives.htm
15 Nov 2012