Search results for "electronic medical record"
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features coverage from Hospital Medicine 2016, held in March in San Diego.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2016
Alert decreased coagulation test orders during lab tube shortage, single-center study finds
A best practice advisory delivered through the electronic medical record during a national shortage of laboratory tubes was associated with an immediate decrease in orders for prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, and partial thromboplastin time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/free/alert-decreased-coagulation-test-orders-during-lab-tube-shortage-single-center-study-finds.htm
27 Jul 2022
Catastrophization
It seemed like the end of the world was coming and everything was out of control. Was it a collective Chicken Little moment? Or was the sky really falling?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/newmans-notions-catastrophization.htm
15 Jul 2018
Top Hospitalists
The 2018 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/top-docs.htm
15 Nov 2018
Syncope units: One solution to an expensive problem
These multidisciplinary teams function as part of EDs, observation or inpatient units. European studies suggest they may help shorten length of stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/yp.htm
15 Nov 2013
A new app to PICC up
A project to improve use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) in Michigan becomes app available anywhere.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/success-story-app-to-picc.htm
15 Jul 2017
Inpatient oral penicillin challenge more likely in certain low-risk patients
An inpatient penicillin allergy program showed that patients were more likely to proceed from assessment to oral challenge if they had a low-risk phenotype, had an indication for beta-lactam antibiotic therapy, and were medically stable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/inpatient-oral-penicillin-challenge-more-likely-in-certain-low-risk-patients.htm
29 Mar 2023
Low-value preop screening frequently led to additional low-value care, study finds
Chest X-rays and EKGs of low-risk patients before low- or intermediate-risk surgery were followed by high rates of repeat tests, follow-up imaging, and follow-up visits, according to a retrospective analysis of Veterans Health Administration data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/low-value-preop-screening-frequently-led-to-additional-low-value-care.htm
27 Apr 2022
Remembering, and respecting, the most vulnerable
Hospitals seek to improve care for patients with intellectual, developmental disabilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/disabilities.htm
15 Dec 2014
The hospital of the future
ACP Hospitalist interviewed experts in technology development, health care design and hospital administration to learn about upcoming changes in hospital operations and design.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/coverstory.htm
15 Aug 2011