Search results for "Clinical Care"
Improving teamwork through the selection of medical trainees
Admissions requirements and interviews could be modified to emphasize teamwork, among other strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/residents.htm
15 Jan 2015
Pocket-sized procedures
Ultrasound images, formerly only available from machines weighing hundreds of pounds and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, can now be viewed on devices significantly smaller in both size and price.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/ultrasounds.htm
15 May 2011
The scourge of seven on/seven off
How many soccer games have you missed because of your work schedule? How often has your spouse had to eat dinner without you?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/perspectives.htm
15 May 2011
Uncertainty is the essence of medicine
Learn the best terminology for documenting uncertain diagnoses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/coding.htm
15 Jul 2014
Technology connects geriatricians and hospitalists to nursing home staff
Program improves quality of clinical care for older patients in long-term care facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/technology-nursing-homes.htm
15 Jul 2015
Clinical decision rules for PE equally accurate
Four clinical decision rules for diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE) perform similarly when combined with D-dimer testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/08/2.htm
8 Jun 2011
Anxieties about health, access to outpatient care drive patients back to ED after discharge
Patients who return to the ED shortly after discharge report that they do so out of fears for their health and because they can't access outpatient care quickly, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/10/1.htm
10 Sep 2014
Teams that don't burn out
Supporting consistent hospital medicine teams may be a key to preventing burnout, according to a researcher studying physician and nurse perspectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/teams-that-dont-burn-out.htm
28 Sep 2022
Mandatory flu vaccines work but can raise issues for workers
More hospitals requiring flu shots for health care workers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/mandatory-flu-vaccine.htm
15 Oct 2015
Fixing folate testing for high-value care
Adding a message to the physician order entry system led to a decrease of 80% in tests ordered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/success-story-folate-testing.htm
15 Mar 2016