Search results for "Patient Safety"
Harm during hospitalization more common in patients with developmental disability
Hospitalized patients with intellectual disability, chromosomal abnormalities, pervasive developmental disorders, and congenital malformation syndrome had a 2.7-fold higher risk of an avoidable patient safety incident than those without developmental disability, according to an analysis in England.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/harm-during-hospitalization-more-common-in-patients-with-developmental-disability.htm
12 Oct 2022
Graduate programs focus on health care quality, safety
New graduate programs focus on health care quality and safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/quality.htm
15 May 2010
The Hospital Game Show Network
Get ready to compete.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/newmans-notions-the-hospital-game-show-network.htm
15 Nov 2019
Counting lives saved
Commonly used tallies of medical errors may dramatically overestimate their toll.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/counting-lives-saved-issues-with-medical-errors.htm
15 Jul 2021
Digital tools help patients find their way
Hospitals offer wayfinding apps for patients and staff.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/wayfinding-apps.htm
15 May 2017
Top Docs
Our fifth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes 10 dedicated physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2012
Global health hospitalists
More physicians are focusing on a particular country, and frequently a particular hospital, to bring about lasting change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2013
August 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/
Experts share stewardship successes, priorities
An executive vice president from The Joint Commission offers an update.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/qa-experts-share-stewardship-successes-priorities.htm
15 Dec 2019
The Phantom of the Operation, and other tales from the crypt-ococcus
Catch up on the horrors of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/newmans-notions-the-phantom-of-the-operation.htm
15 Oct 2019