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Helping patients kick the habit
In the face of recent reports that U.S. smoking rates are no longer declining, hospitalists may be ideally situated to help patients quit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/smoking.htm
15 Jan 2010
Clearing or clouding the mind?
Antipsychotics can resolve agitation in patients with delirium, but that may not provide much overall benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/delirium.htm
15 Nov 2011
The capacity to determine capacity
One in four medical inpatients can't make a decision. And not just about whether to have the chocolate or vanilla pudding for dessert.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/decision.htm
15 Dec 2011
For hospitalists, hard work doesn't mean higher pay
Pay per relative value unit differs by geography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/salary.htm
15 Jul 2011
A deviant approach to hospital challenges
Positive deviance is a bottom-up, rather than top-down, approach to solving seemingly intractable problems in an institution or a community. It's based on the observation that certain individuals or groups (positive deviants) have found better solutions to these problems than their peers have.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/positive.htm
15 Nov 2009
Streamlining patient transfers
First-rate communication is key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/transfer.htm
15 Oct 2014
Getting to know you
Daily face-to-face meetings improve outcomes and teamwork.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/team.htm
15 Feb 2010
Agreeing on an ending
Hospitalists struggle with end-of-life-care disputes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/end.htm
15 Nov 2010
Obesity complicates diagnosis
The rising prevalence of obesity has created health dangers for patients and new challenges in diagnostic testing for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/obesity.htm
15 Oct 2011
Inpatient medication: Too much information, or not enough?
A recent study showed that many inpatients don't know what medications they're given in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/inpatient.htm
15 Mar 2010