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See, and then stop, elderly abuse

Hospitalization presents prime opportunity to intervene in abuse of elderly patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/see-and-then-stop-elderly-abuse.htm
15 Jan 2019

MKSAP quiz on discharge planning

This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on discharge planning.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/mksap-quiz-on-discharge-planning.htm
15 Feb 2021

How (and why) to clean a stethoscope

Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019

Fixing, not fighting, electronic systems

Even health IT experts get angry at their electronic medical records, but the solution is to work with your computers rather than toss them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/fixing-EHRs.htm
15 May 2016

Veterans Health Administration hospitals outperformed other facilities on mortality, safety measures

According to an analysis of Hospital Compare data, Veterans Health Administration hospitals provided the best care in most hospital referral regions and rarely provided the worst care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2018

The new, improved M&M

Morbidity and mortality conferences are starting to be seen more as a potential opportunity to address patient safety issues and reduce preventable errors than as education- and blame-oriented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/the-new-improved-m-and-m.htm
15 Jul 2018

Patients discharged during holiday season had less timely follow-up and higher risk of death or readmission

“Rather than rushing to get patients home, hospital clinicians should pay attention to discharge planning for this vulnerable group,” the study authors wrote.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/4.htm
19 Dec 2018

Patient and physician hygiene go hand in hand

A recent study investigated the bugs on patients' hands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/qa-patient-and-physician-hygiene-go-hand-in-hand.htm
15 Jul 2019

July issue online and in the mail

This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist provides news from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, including articles about M&M conferences, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, orthopedic comanagement, and delirium.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/5.htm
11 Jul 2018

February 2021

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/

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