Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Advice from ACP supports short courses of antibiotics for several common infections
Because at least 30% of antibiotic use is considered unnecessary, best practices were issued on treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and uncomplicated bronchitis, community-acquired pneumonia, uncomplicated urinary tract infection, and cellulitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/07/4.htm
7 Apr 2021
March 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/
September 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/
February 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
Let us know about your colleagues who have made important contributions in the past year. The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/19/5.htm
19 Jun 2019
Nursing homes, hospitals collaborated, reduced drug-resistant infections
A countywide program of chlorhexidine bathing and nasal iodophor antisepsis for residents in long-term care and hospitalized patients who were on contact precautions reduced colonization and related hospitalizations and deaths.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/nursing-homes-hospitals-collaborated-reduced-drug-resistant-infections.htm
10 Apr 2024
Insulin order set reduced risk of hypoglycemia from hyperkalemia treatment
The order set included blood glucose checks before and in the hours after insulin injection, as well as weight-based dosing of insulin, alerts to identify patients at higher risk of hypoglycemia, and tools to guide decision making based on blood glucose levels.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/4.htm
12 Feb 2020
Sepsis improvement efforts have reduced mortality, two studies find
One study compared sepsis mortality in New York and other states after implementation of mandated reporting, while another showed the effects of one hospital's efforts to comply with CMS performance measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/3.htm
24 Jul 2019
AHA updates guidelines on resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest
A focused update from the American Heart Association (AHA) offers new recommendations on the use of advanced airways, vasopressors, and extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation during cardiac arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/20/1.htm
20 Nov 2019
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020