Search results for "Perspectives"
A community hospital preps for critical events
Simulations with mannequins and actors helped hospitalists at one community hospital improve their readiness to treat critical inpatient events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/a-community-hospital-preps-for-critical-events.htm
21 Sep 2022
Cardiomyopathy
Avoid vague terms like unspecified or nonischemic cardiomyopathy in your documentation, and specify the cause whenever possible.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/coding-corner-cardiomyopathy.htm
15 May 2020
Similar rates of complications found in men with condom vs. indwelling catheters
Patients with condom catheters were much less likely than those with indwelling catheters to report pain and discomfort during initial device placement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/27/2.htm
27 Mar 2019
When less intensity is more caring
Hospitalists can help patients avoid nonbeneficial care with communication and time-limited trials.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/when-less-intensity-is-more-caring.htm
15 Jul 2021
Are bedside rounds evidence based?
A review found little proven benefit to clinicians gathering at patients' beds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/are-bedside-rounds-evidence-based.htm
15 Apr 2019
Fighting bias and COVID-19
This issue offers strategies to fight bias, expertise on mechanical ventilation, and virtual conference coverage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2020
The impact of deferred hospital care during COVID-19
Experts are looking at where the patients went and what happens next.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/the-impact-of-deferred-hospital-care-during-covid-19.htm
15 Feb 2021
Struggling with strategies for strain
Hospitalist leaders and hospital administrators were interviewed before the pandemic for a study about hospital capacity strain. The study authors explain some lessons that everyone working in hospitals can now take from their responses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/02/struggling-with-strategies-for-strain.htm
2 Feb 2022
Adding contraception to the conversation
A hospitalist explains a recent call for her peers to consider their patients' family planning needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/free/adding-contraception-to-the-conversation.htm
6 Jul 2022
Blood loss anemia
A key documentation issue is whether patients have lost enough blood to become anemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/coding-corner-blood-loss-anemia.htm
15 Feb 2021