Search results for "Staffing"
Half-hospitalists to help with rural shortages
One physician proposed a way for himself and others to pursue their passions and provide more coverage for hospital patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/half-hospitalists-to-help-with-rural-shortages.htm
29 Nov 2023
Letter from the Editor
With stroke, there’s a common saying that time lost is brain lost.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/editor.htm
15 Jun 2008
NJ licensure during COVID-19 offers example of how to meet workforce demand
Temporary licensure of out-of-state practitioners, along with telehealth waivers, may be a valuable, short-term solution to mitigating health care workforce shortages during public health emergencies, researchers said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/nj-licensure-during-covid-19-offers-example-of-how-to-meet-workforce-demand.htm
10 Aug 2022
Disaster preparedness
A recent Institute of Medicine report said too few health care facilities have established indicators to guide decisions during crises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/disaster.htm
15 Feb 2014
The scourge of seven on/seven off
How many soccer games have you missed because of your work schedule? How often has your spouse had to eat dinner without you?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/perspectives.htm
15 May 2011
Pharmacist workload linked to worse outcomes in ICU patients with complex med regimens
Patients with complex medication regimens had increases in mortality risk and ICU length of stay in a retrospective study. They also received more interventions from pharmacists, but a higher patient-to-pharmacist ratio was associated with fewer of these interventions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/pharmacist-workload-linked-to-worse-outcomes-in-icu-patients-with-complex-med-regimens.htm
22 Jun 2022
Caring is hard work
Compassion fatigue shares symptoms and some causes with burnout, but it's not quite the same thing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/compassion.htm
15 May 2012
Do you really want to be your own boss?
Hospitalists face issues as they decide whether to start up or join a local hospitalist group, become part of a large group or management company, or be a hospital employee.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/independence.htm
15 Oct 2008
Taking charge after discharge
Medicare payment penalties have helped spur the industry's growth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/discharge.htm
15 Jan 2013
Getting rid of unnecessary alarms
Multidisciplinary effort can help reduce alarm fatigue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/alarm-fatigue.htm
15 Feb 2015