Search results for "electronic medical record"
Facing the problem of patient ID errors
Children's Hospital Colorado used photos to reduce errors in computerized physician order entry.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/success.htm
15 Mar 2013
A phone call puts patients in the right place
Collaboration includes hospitalists, ED, and patient placement manager.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/patient-placement.htm
15 May 2015
Common curbside consults in infectious disease
Most popular questions revealed at UCSF conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/conference2.htm
15 Jan 2015
On Her Majesty's hospital service
Read about the health care adventures of Spond, Dr. Jane Spond, pager number 00007.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/newmans-notions-on-her-majestys-hospital-service.htm
15 Aug 2018
Hospital-acquired anemia associated with increased mortality, study finds
Hospital-acquired anemia is common and appears to be associated with increased mortality rates, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/02/4.htm
2 Oct 2013
Low-risk patients may not need vital signs checked so often, study suggests
Clinicians may be able to reduce the frequency of vital sign checks at night for low-risk inpatients without compromising quality of care, a study suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2013
Electronic order set improves outcomes for acute MI patients
Inpatients that were treated using an electronic order set for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) received more evidence-based care and had better outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/1.htm
12 Feb 2014
CMS quality demo pays dividends for hospitals, but not always financially
Results from the first three years of the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) suggest that while bonuses were something to shoot for, they weren't the primary motivators for most participants. Instead, some hospitals viewed their participation as an opportunity to implement a tracking system, identify areas for improvement and see how they stacked up against other hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cover-story.htm
15 Sep 2007
Readmissions difficult to predict, study finds
Neither providers nor an algorithm accurately predicted which patients had the highest risk of readmission, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/2.htm
30 Mar 2011
EVALI, rapid response, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020