Search results for "Quality Improvement"
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
Hospital-acquired condition penalty program did not reduce conditions it targeted
Findings in one state raise questions about whether national value-based payment programs are effective in reducing hospital-acquired conditions and whether penalties under the program should be continued, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/2.htm
13 Nov 2019
Weighing perioperative cardiac risk scores
Experts explain and compare the available tools, detailing which scores they prefer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/weighing-perioperative-cardiac-risk-scores.htm
15 Mar 2021
Peers support patients in addiction recovery
Hospitals find help from people who've dealt with their own addictions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/peers-support-patients-in-addiction-recovery.htm
15 Jul 2020
Launching mentorship programs
Hospital medicine leaders are building formal mentorship programs, from relatively traditional systems to new twists on such cornerstones as visiting professorships and networking.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/launching-mentorship-programs.htm
15 Sep 2017
Speed of sepsis care, early feeding for mild pancreatitis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2017
Procalcitonin: Promise and pitfalls
Uptake of procalcitonin testing has been slow in U.S. hospitals, but experts say the biomarker could help with antibiotic stewardship efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/procalcitonin-promise-and-pitfalls.htm
15 Aug 2018
Prepare for Parkinson's disease patients
Medication management and other strategies can improve a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/prepare-for-parkinsons-disease-patients.htm
15 Aug 2019
Fighting resistance in the ICU
Ongoing growth in antibiotic resistance has highlighted both the importance and the challenge of frontline stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/fighting-resistance-in-the-icu.htm
15 Mar 2019
Good door-to-balloon time not associated with fast stroke response, study finds
Overall the hospitals were significantly better at meeting door-to-balloon time goals than those for door-to-needle time and performance ranged more widely among hospitals on the latter measure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/22/2.htm
22 Mar 2017