Search results for "Disparities"
AHA releases scientific statement on acute MI in women
Differences in clinical presentation affect the timely identification, testing, and management of ischemic symptoms, leading to misdiagnosis, delayed revascularization, and higher acute myocardial infarction mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/03/2.htm
3 Feb 2016
Doc, your weight bias is showing
Physician attitudes can lead to avoidance, delays of care
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/weight-bias-physicians.htm
15 Feb 2017
Bolstering gender equity in academic medicine
Women and men enter the physician pipeline at about the same rates, but the female-to-male ratio in academic medicine drops off after residency.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/gender-equity-academic-medicine.htm
15 Jun 2016
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond about tackling bias and avoiding turf.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/lte.htm
15 Apr 2016
Inpatient diagnoses of cellulitis by generalists frequently incorrect, review finds
Dermatology or infectious diseases specialists reversed more than a third of generalist physicians' diagnoses of cellulitis in the hospital, with statis dermatitis being the most common alternative diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/inpatient-diagnoses-of-cellulitis-by-generalists-frequently-incorrect-review-finds.htm
12 Oct 2022
Recent Research
Urinalysis orders, resistant infections, molecular C. diff testing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2015
Women less likely to get guideline-recommended care for MI with cardiogenic shock
The analysis of patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction (MI) with cardiogenic shock found higher rates of in-hospital mortality and major bleeding in women compared to men but no difference in mortality or heart failure hospitalizations at one year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/23/women-less-likely-to-get-guideline-recommended-care-for-mi-with-cardiogenic-shock.htm
23 Mar 2022
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2016 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/2016-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2016
Diabetes hospitalizations declined overall, increased in young adults
Data from the National Inpatient Sample and from 11 states showed that diabetes-specific U.S. hospitalizations decreased by 3.1% overall from 2008 to 2016/2017 but increased by 10.5% to 81.5% among patients 18 to 29 years of age.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/13/diabetes-hospitalizations-declined-overall-increased-in-young-adults.htm
13 Apr 2022
Trainees appear to evaluate general internal medicine faculty performance differently by gender
In the inpatient setting, male faculty were rated more favorably for overall teaching and across all competencies, while the only observed gender difference in the outpatient setting favored female faculty in patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/3.htm
25 Aug 2021