Search results for "Quality Improvement"
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
Factor frailty into preop assessment
Frailty should be assessed along with baseline cognition, risk for delirium, functional status, nutritional status, and, in particular, patients' treatment goals and expectations, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/25/1.htm
25 Apr 2018
Don't quit too soon
Findings from a recent study may change practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/coverstory.htm
15 Dec 2012
Uncertainty on nurse staffing despite regs, research
Opinions are heated, but data are limited, on how many nurses are best for patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/uncertainty-on-nurse-staffing-despite-regs-research.htm
15 Apr 2019
Better handoffs
Hospitalists explore new tech and face-to-face strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/improving-handoffs.htm
15 Dec 2016
Effort to increase prescribing of NSAIDs showed no effect in trial
Researchers discontinued a hard stop alert that had been added to the admission order set when they found that it didn't increase hospitalists' use of NSAIDs for multimodal pain management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/effort-to-increase-prescribing-of-nsaids-showed-no-effect-in-trial.htm
5 Jul 2023
Last chance to nominate a Top Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist is currently seeking nominations for our 11th annual Top Hospitalists issue. The nomination deadline is July 30, 2018.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/25/5.htm
25 Jul 2018
M&M conferences get swept up in QI trend
M##amp;M conferences now increasingly focus on the underlying causes of errors and what can be learned from them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/mandm.htm
15 Jan 2011
Patients with interhospital stroke transfers had higher mortality, more severe disability than front-door patients
The differing characteristics of patients who are transferred should be accounted for in the quality measurements of receiving hospitals, the study authors suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/3.htm
12 Sep 2018
Time to antibiotics matters for septic shock, not so much for sepsis without shock
Every hour that antibiotics were delayed was associated with higher mortality from septic shock, but patients with sepsis and no shock only had elevated risk of death if their antibiotics were not administered within six hours, according to a new analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/09/time-to-antibiotics-matters-for-septic-shock-not-so-much-for-sepsis-without-shock.htm
9 Aug 2023