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Malpractice claims, fenoldopam after cardiac surgery in acute kidney injury, beta-lactams and community-acquired pneumonia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2015

Owning your medical mistakes

At what point is it just your fault?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/blog.htm
15 Nov 2010

Pending lab tests rarely in discharge summaries to sub-acute care

Only 11% of sub-acute care patients with pending lab tests at discharge had these tests documented in their discharge summaries, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/1.htm
15 Dec 2010

July change in physician trainees increases mortality, lowers efficiency

Year-end changeovers of physician trainees at teaching hospitals are associated with increased mortality and lower efficiency of care during July, a new review of studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/13/1.htm
13 Jul 2011

U.S. and U.K. doctors differ on reporting conflicts, errors, impaired colleagues

Physicians in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom report differences between their professional values and their actual behavior, according to new survey results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/16/1.htm
16 Mar 2011

CMS quality demo pays dividends for hospitals, but not always financially

Results from the first three years of the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) suggest that while bonuses were something to shoot for, they weren't the primary motivators for most participants. Instead, some hospitals viewed their participation as an opportunity to implement a tracking system, identify areas for improvement and see how they stacked up against other hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cover-story.htm
15 Sep 2007

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

Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions

Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007

Talk more to patients' families

This issue focuses on communication with patients' families, personal protective equipment, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Oct 2018

To err is human … to not plan for it is trouble

Hospitals should always work to prevent serious or fatal medical errors, but they also need to have a plan in place for what to do if an error occurs. Chances are, it will happen eventually.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/err.htm
15 Dec 2008

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