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A new app to PICC up

A project to improve use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in Michigan becomes app available anywhere.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/success-story-app-to-picc.htm
15 Jul 2017

Letter from the Editor

Last spring, when we decided to recognize top hospitalists, we had no idea what to expect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/editor.htm
15 Nov 2008

Your next hire could be right down the hall

Physicians who move from the community to the hospital mid-career present a potential solution to the hospitalist field's perennial workforce shortage. They also offer some benefits and challenges that differ from those of their hospitalist-track peers. Hospitalist leaders who note those differences and find the means to take advantage of them, are on track to building well-balanced, high-functioning hospitalist teams.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/cover.htm
15 Oct 2008

Med rec can help curb ‘epidemic’ of adverse drug events

The problem affects 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and 12% to 17% in the 30 days after discharge, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/med-rec-can-help-curb-epidemic-of-adverse-drug-events.htm
15 Jul 2018

The different ways hospitals pay

Incentive compensation aims to improve quality and productivity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/money.htm
15 Oct 2010

Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less

Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/cover.htm
15 Aug 2008

Study finds no diagnostic benefit from head CT in common psychiatric presentations

In 369 patients in ED and inpatient settings, the diagnostic yield of head CT examinations was 0.00% for indications of suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, catatonia, and/or psychosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/29/study-finds-no-diagnostic-benefit-from-head-ct-in-common-psychiatric-presentations.htm
29 Jun 2022