Search results for "Workload"
Hospitals put out the welcome sign
Campaign aims to change the concept of families as ‘visitors'.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/visit.htm
15 Nov 2014
Making room for more patients
Peter Viccellio, MD, still remembers the day, month and year when he had an epiphany that changed his hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/open-beds.htm
15 Feb 2007
Job hunting in a down economy
Employers have stepped up efforts to maximize productivity in new hires and existing staff, while hospitalists are focused on the perils of switching jobs in a gloomy housing market.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/economy.htm
15 May 2009
In the News
Gender gap in hospitalist pay, residents and costs, guideline update on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2015
Capturing charges on the go
Using a handheld electronic device to capture procedure codes isn't new, but as the technology improves, the approach is becoming particularly appealing to hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/software.htm
15 May 2009
How does your handoff rate?
Learning how to receive a handoff is as important as learning to how to send one.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/qa.htm
15 Jul 2013
Hospitalists set the funny bone
Residents should be taught to keep their humor well within the safe zone, experts agree.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/humor.htm
15 Jan 2012
Replacing IV catheters as needed is as safe as routine replacement, study finds
Replacing peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters when clinically indicated is just as safe as routine, time-based replacement, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/03/1.htm
3 Oct 2012
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
You are a role model
When academic hospitalists observe their peers behaving unprofessionally, chances are residents and students are seeing the same thing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/qarole.htm
15 Oct 2012