Search results for "Your practice"
On the alert for a quiet killer
Think of that diagnosis, and if you're not sure, give them antibiotics anyhow because, clearly, that's what's going to improve your outcomes.”.
January 2011
Capturing charges on the go
IM Practice Manager works as a stand-alone system but can also be integrated with existing EHRs, hospital information systems, and billing software. ... Dr. Cucina said physicians in private practice have a financial incentive to improve their billing
May 2009
Results pending at discharge often stay in limbo
Every practice is different, but hospitalists know their setting and are best placed to come up with their own solutions,” such as designating a staff member to monitor pending tests, he ... Put it in your task list on Outlook to remind you to follow up
December 2009
Top Docs and heart failure
They represent a wide variety of hospital medicine practice settings—urban academic centers, Veterans Affairs and community facilities, and an Indian Health Services hospital. ... For more advice on improving your practice, see the Perspectives piece
November 2019
Helping patients kick the habit
In the face of recent reports that U.S. smoking rates are no longer declining, hospitalists may be ideally situated to help patients quit.
January 2010
2012 diagnostic documentation update
AKI). Recently, though, greater consensus has been reached. The most current and comprehensive recommendations, released in March 2012, are the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute ... Staying current
September 2012
Pocket-sized procedures
Even advocates of the technology agree that a number of questions need to be answered before pocket ultrasounds, also called handheld or hand-carried ultrasounds, move widely into practice: Who's ... Such short courses are probably not going to be
May 2011
Streamlining patient transfers
We found there is no common practice of these individual transfer centers.
October 2014
When a treatment is worse than the disease
He directs the ethics curriculum at Mayo Medical School. Send in your comments on this case or others from your practice to acphospitalist[EACHAT]acponline.org..
June 2008
The healing arts
Options can range from CD players in patient rooms to visits from certified art and music therapists.
February 2012