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An experienced expert witness offers 10 tips for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/document-to-defeat-malpractice-suits.htm
15 Jan 2020
Making transfers run smoothly
A lack of guidelines and fragmented systems can impede success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/making-transfers-run-smoothly.htm
15 Feb 2020
Nearly half of surveyed hospitals told patients, caregivers to share portal passwords
In a nationwide secret-shopper study, almost half of the hospital personnel recommended that patients share passwords with their caregivers, either because doing so was easier than creating a proxy account or because proxy accounts were not available.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/4.htm
13 May 2020
How to help the hot spots: Nursing homes and COVID-19
ACP Hospitalist recently interviewed Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, about the COVID-19 situation in nursing homes and how hospitalists can make it better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/03/3.htm
3 Jun 2020
Work hours, cardiac rehab, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2020
Algorithms predicted antibiotic resistance profiles of inpatients' bacterial infections
Machine learning models applied to medical records of hospitalized patients achieved high-accuracy predictions in a recent study and “should be seriously considered by clinicians to aid correct empiric therapy,” the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/4.htm
28 Oct 2020
Unconventional natural gas development, particularly fracking, associated with heart failure exacerbations
Three of four phases of unconventional natural gas development were associated with increased odds of hospitalization among patients with heart failure in an area of active development in Pennsylvania, a case-control study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/5.htm
9 Dec 2020
Malpractice and syncope, heart failure and fracking
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2021
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2021
Upper range of normal temperature in noninfected hospitalized patients below 100.4 °F
A study of almost 500,000 oral temperature measurements of medical inpatients without malignancy, infection, or immunological dysfunction found that in 99%, the top of the range was 99.9 °F, leading study authors to suggest it may be time to reassess the definition of fever.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/1.htm
19 May 2021