Search results for "Rapid response"
To err is human … to not plan for it is trouble
Hospitals should always work to prevent serious or fatal medical errors, but they also need to have a plan in place for what to do if an error occurs. Chances are, it will happen eventually.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/err.htm
15 Dec 2008
Rapid response teams didn't change hospital mortality among Medicare patients, study finds
An analysis of 56 hospitals from Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation found that implementation of a rapid response team was associated with no change in inpatient mortality trends at 50 of the hospitals and higher-than-expected mortality at two.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/rapid-respons-teams-didnt-change-hospital-mortality-among-medicare-patients.htm
14 Sep 2022
‘Warm handoffs,’ rapid response calls
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2017
New drug for acute heart failure failed to improve inpatient symptoms or long-term mortality
The industry-funded study found that ularitide exerted favorable physiological effects but did not reduce cardiovascular deaths or improve the inpatient clinical course.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/19/4.htm
19 Apr 2017
March 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/
February 16, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/
Recent Research
ICU glycemic control adoption, beta-blockers at discharge, cognitive function after cardiac arrest, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2015
Consult with confidence
Consulting on patients admitted to other specialties has become routine for many hospitalists, but most have had little if any training in this area.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/consult.htm
15 Jun 2010
Face-to-face handoffs didn't reduce adverse events
Patients whose hospitalists handed them off to another clinician in a face-to-face meeting had similar rates of adverse events and length of stay as those who didn't get face-to-face handoffs, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/11/1.htm
11 Mar 2015
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023