Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Telemedicine reduced mortality, LOS in ICUs
Implementation of a tele-intensive care unit (ICU) reduced mortality and length of stay at one academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/2.htm
25 May 2011
Find chemistry with your Yoda
Mentoring experts offer advice for making the right match.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/yoda.htm
15 Jun 2008
Intervention helps community hospital ICUs adopt evidence-based practices
A multi-pronged quality improvement program helped community hospitals adopt six evidence-based practices in the ICU, a new study reports.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/26/1.htm
26 Jan 2011
VTE readmissions continue more than 30 days after complex cancer surgery
In a retrospective cohort study using U.S. data from 2016, 0.6%, 1.1%, and 1.7% of patients undergoing complex cancer surgery were readmitted with VTE as a primary diagnosis by 30, 90, and 180 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/02/vte-readmissions-continue-more-than-30-days-after-complex-cancer-surgery.htm
2 Feb 2022
Preoperative sepsis associated with increased risk of thrombosis after surgery
Surgery patients who had sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) preoperatively had a significantly increased risk of arterial or venous thrombosis in the 30 days after surgery, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/3.htm
17 Sep 2014
Hospitals put rapid response systems into play
When Kendra K. Kay, ACP Member, joined Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., as the medical director of its hospitalist program, she didn't realize that she and the rest of her hospitalist team were just what the staff developing a rapid response system were waiting for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2007
Fight burnout while fostering experience
Investing in hospitalist programs now can pay off later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/burnout.htm
15 Jul 2008
Longer shifts proposed for first-year residents
A task force of the ACGME is accepting public comment on a proposal to limit first-years to 24 hours on-task plus 4 hours to manage transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/1.htm
16 Nov 2016
AHA recommends five core elements to improve management of in-hospital stroke
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association calls on hospitals to deliver stroke training to all staff, create rapid response teams, standardize evaluation, address treatment barriers, and conduct quality oversight.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/aha-recommends-five-core-elements-to-improve-management-of-in-hospital-stroke.htm
16 Feb 2022
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/6.htm
23 Jun 2010