Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Problem of PPIs complicated by COVID-19
Despite quality improvement efforts, there's still uncertainty regarding proton-pump inhibitors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/problem-of-ppis-complicated-by-covid-19.htm
15 Apr 2021
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
High-value care, tele-ICUs, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2021
Short-term dual antiplatelet therapy underused after mild stroke, study finds
While prescriptions of dual antiplatelet therapy after mild noncardioembolic stroke increased from 25.7% in 2010 to 52.8% in 2022 in 168 Florida hospitals, underuse remained common, especially in women and non-Hispanic Black patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/13/short-term-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-underused-after-mild-stroke-study-finds.htm
13 Sep 2023
Patients increasingly discharged alive from inpatient palliative care, referred to home or outpatient programs
Cancer was still the most common primary diagnosis in those receiving inpatient palliative care, but other diagnoses are becoming more common, according to a retrospective analysis from 2013 to 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/11/4.htm
11 Dec 2019
Sleep heals
Learn why and how to improve inpatient sleep.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/sleep-heals.htm
15 Jul 2019
And the winner is …
ACP Hospitalist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/5.htm
1 Sep 2021
Hospitalists offer lessons from past diagnostic successes, errors
Interviews with 24 experienced hospitalists revealed five themes from their thoughts on improving diagnostics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/hospitalists-offer-lessons-from-past-diagnostic-successes-errors.htm
7 Feb 2024
Last chance to nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to nominate someone for ACP Hospitalist's tenth annual Top Hospitalists issue is this Friday, July 28.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/5.htm
26 Jul 2017
Effort to increase prescribing of NSAIDs showed no effect in trial
Researchers discontinued a hard stop alert that had been added to the admission order set when they found that it didn't increase hospitalists' use of NSAIDs for multimodal pain management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/effort-to-increase-prescribing-of-nsaids-showed-no-effect-in-trial.htm
5 Jul 2023