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This month's issue includes articles on catheter-associated urinary infections, recreational marijuana, disorders of consciousness, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2015
Top Docs
Our fifth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes 10 dedicated physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2012
COVID-19 updates
Some new COVID-19-related codes became effective Jan. 1, 2021.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/coding-corner-covid-19-updates.htm
15 Apr 2021
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
Coagulation confusion
How to handle anticoagulants, steroid, cardiac, diabetic, and pulmonary drugs in surgical patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/coagulation.htm
15 Jun 2014
Discharges to subacute care leave out key info
Discharge summaries for patients moving to subacute care frequently omitted critical information, a study of one academic medical center found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/21/2.htm
21 Sep 2011
The House of God revisited
Jamie S. Newman, FACP, offers a hospitalist’s perspective on a classic book.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/book.htm
15 Oct 2008
New guidelines on diagnosing, preventing and treating delirium
Hospitalists wanted for survey and program development
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/04/3.htm
4 Aug 2010
Recent Research
Shorter stay and mortality after hip fracture, outcomes from hypothermia, apixaban for acute VTE, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2016
Breaking the fall: Preventing fractures after discharge
Hospitalization is a risk factor for falls, but also an opportunity for prevention. Recent research suggests that hospitalization is a risk factor for post-discharge fracture in elderly patients, prompting some hospitalists to consider what measures they can take to reduce fracture risk before these patients leave the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/falls.htm
15 Jan 2009