Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Tailor treatment for asymptomatic inpatient hypertension
An expert warns hospitalists against overprescribing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/tailor-treatment-for-asymptomatic-inpatient-hypertension.htm
15 Jan 2021
Prepare for Parkinson's disease patients
Medication management and other strategies can improve a hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/prepare-for-parkinsons-disease-patients.htm
15 Aug 2019
Fighting resistance in the ICU
Ongoing growth in antibiotic resistance has highlighted both the importance and the challenge of frontline stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/fighting-resistance-in-the-icu.htm
15 Mar 2019
Death soon after ED discharge appears common in Medicare beneficiaries
Hospitals that admitted fewer patients from the ED had the highest rates of early death versus hospitals that admitted the most patients, although hospitals with lower admission rates appeared to serve healthier populations in general.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/3.htm
8 Feb 2017
Tool for PE, heart failure drugs
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2019
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2008
Checklist improved care consistency after in-hospital cardiac arrest
A pilot study found that performance of four critical tasks after return of spontaneous circulation, including performing an EKG within one hour, improved from 19.4% before implementation of a checklist to 51.1% afterward.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/checklist-improved-care-consistency-after-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
21 Jun 2023
Hospital revisits, admissions appear common after observation stays in Medicare beneficiaries
From 2006 to 2011, an increase was seen in revisit rates after ED treatment-and-discharge stays, repeated observation stays, and any hospital revisit, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/4.htm
28 Jun 2017
Procalcitonin: Promise and pitfalls
Uptake of procalcitonin testing has been slow in U.S. hospitals, but experts say the biomarker could help with antibiotic stewardship efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/procalcitonin-promise-and-pitfalls.htm
15 Aug 2018
Welcome to ACP Hospitalist
Welcome to ACP Hospitalist, a new monthly publication for physicians in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/welcome.htm
15 Jan 2007