Search results for "Patient Safety"
IMGs face uncertainty amid politics, rhetoric
Residency leaders report delays, worries due to immigration policies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/imgs-face-uncertainty-amid-politics-rhetoric.htm
15 Jan 2019
Adverse events found in nearly 1 in 4 hospital admissions
In a retrospective cohort study using a random sample of admissions at 11 hospitals in Massachusetts, clinicians judged 22.7% of adverse events to be preventable and 32.3% to be serious or worse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/adverse-events-found-in-nearly-1-in-4-hospital-admissions.htm
18 Jan 2023
New rules for diagnosis
Experts propose diagnostic competencies and principles.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/new-rules-for-diagnosis.htm
15 Jan 2019
Bedside interdisciplinary rounding may not affect clinical outcomes
One study created a bedside model for mobile interdisciplinary care rounds, while another study looked at the effects of regionalizing care teams and encouraging bedside rounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/08/3.htm
8 Mar 2017
Heart failure risk score, step-down therapy
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2019
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Speaking up for patient safety
Hospitalists can help create a blame-free atmosphere of openness when it comes to discussing errors in patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/patientsafety.htm
15 Mar 2014
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2017
The cost of hospitalists
The lead author of a recent study finding that hospitalists bill higher than primary care physicians when seeing Medicare inpatients says that productivity bonus pay is problematic for the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/08/the-cost-of-hospitalists.htm
8 Jun 2022
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021