Search results for "Disparities"
June 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/
Pandemic pinpoints racial and ethnic disparities
Numerous factors play a role in why Blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans are more likely to contract COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/pandemic-pinpoints-racial-and-ethnic-disparities.htm
15 Sep 2020
Early tracheostomy associated with lower mortality, disparities in treatment
Patients who received tracheostomy within 6 days of intubation, instead of after 10 days, had shorter ICU and hospital stays, and were more likely to be white, male, and privately insured.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/02/2.htm
2 Sep 2015
Life as a health equity officer
A recent survey of hospitals' health equity officers highlighted challenges they face, including how to get clinicians on board.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/life-as-a-health-equity-officer.htm
1 Nov 2023
Latest inpatient COVID-19 research looks at plasma, intubation, delirium, VTE, and more
Recent studies showed that convalescent plasma didn't improve outcomes, a protocol reduced intubation rates, delirium was a common presentation among elderly patients, venous thromboembolism (VTE) was more common in the ICU, and racial disparities persisted after adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/2.htm
25 Nov 2020
Admit to where?
Heart failure care can be improved by reducing variation between medicine and cardiology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/admit-to-where.htm
15 Apr 2021
Disparities in cardiac surgery mortality partially caused by hospital quality
Much, but not all, of the racial disparity in cardiac surgery outcomes can be explained by nonwhite patients being treating at lower-quality hospitals, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/15/2.htm
15 Jan 2014
September 14, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/
In the News
Alcohol detox protocol, in-hospital STEMI and outcomes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/itn.htm
15 May 2014
A call to action: Align well-being and antiracism strategies
Physicians have a duty to challenge processes, policies, and procedures that stem from structural inequities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/a-call-to-action-align-well-being-and-antiracism-strategies.htm
15 Mar 2021