Search results for "High-value care"
March issue online and in the mail
This issue is all about improving patient health by methods other than prescribing drugs, including antibiotic stewardship, alternatives to opioids, and programs to meet social needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/5.htm
13 Mar 2019
Machine learning in the hospital
This issue also features coverage of aid-in-dying laws and Mayo Clinic's fall 2017 hospital medicine conference in Tucson, Ariz.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jan 2018
Alert decreased coagulation test orders during lab tube shortage, single-center study finds
A best practice advisory delivered through the electronic medical record during a national shortage of laboratory tubes was associated with an immediate decrease in orders for prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, and partial thromboplastin time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/free/alert-decreased-coagulation-test-orders-during-lab-tube-shortage-single-center-study-finds.htm
27 Jul 2022
College workgroup compiles list of unnecessary tests
A workgroup of internists convened by ACP has developed a list of 37 clinical situations in which medical tests are commonly used but do not provide high value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/25/3.htm
25 Jan 2012
Phone and medication intervention increased smoking cessation after hospital discharge
A post-discharge intervention increased smoking cessation among recently hospitalized adults who wanted to quit, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/27/3.htm
27 Aug 2014
June 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/
EHR-based mortality prediction model may help identify patients for palliative care
One hospital's electronic health record (EHR) automatically calculated a score predicting risk for death within six months for medical patients on a hospitalist service, and those with a score of 0.30 or greater were deemed eligible for a palliative care consult.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/2.htm
24 Jul 2019
In the News
Gender gap in hospitalist pay, residents and costs, guideline update on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2015
Textbook reflects evolution of hospitalists
More robust coverage of consultation medicine, rehabilitation medicine, oncology, palliative care, and transitions of care is included
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/q-and-a-principles-practice-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Feb 2017
Red blood cell transfusions in heart disease patients should be limited to cases of severe anemia, ACP recommends
Red blood cell transfusions should be restricted to cases of severe anemia in patients with heart disease, the American College of Physicians recommended in a clinical practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/11/5.htm
11 Dec 2013