Search results for "Cover Story"
Which chest pain patients can go home?
Research on risk algorithms and tests helping to identify unnecessary hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/chest-pain-discharge.htm
15 Oct 2015
Fixing patients and the planet
Started in April 2012 by 16 entities, the effort to reduce the health care industry's contribution to environmental degradation and spur sustainable change has grown to more than 700 hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/coverstory.htm
15 Aug 2013
Measuring hospitalist workload
In hospital medicine, workload cannot simply be measured by hours on the clock, but must encompass more intangible factors such as the type of work, the acuity of patients, the time of day, etc. Hospitalist programs are taking a hard look at ways to distribute workload fairly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2013
The telehospitalist
Will your next job be inside a robot?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/telehospitalist.htm
15 Sep 2014
Ethics in daily hospitalist practice
ACP's recently revised Ethics Manual offers guidance on situations relevant to hospitalists, such as stewardship of resources, communicating with patients, and dealing with conflicts over treatment goals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/coverstory.htm
15 May 2012
Global health hospitalists
More physicians are focusing on a particular country, and frequently a particular hospital, to bring about lasting change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2013
Catch them if you can
Incidence estimates suggest that more than 1% of medical admissions could be factitious, and that's not counting the patients no one catches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2012
When the census soars
Creative scheduling and on-call systems prevent surges from spiraling out of control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/hospital-census.htm
15 Feb 2015
ACEing geriatric care
With their special focus, Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) units have the potential to eliminate many of the issues that make hospitalization more difficult for elderly patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2011
April 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/