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The percentage of mechanically ventilated patients treated with sustained deep sedation following intubation rose during the pandemic and did not improve after its peak, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/sedation-practices-worsened-during-pandemic-among-patients-without-covid-19.htm
24 Jan 2024
How to write a good discharge summary
Primary care physicians highlighted what they really need to know about their patients' recent hospitalizations in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/free/how-to-write-a-good-discharge-summary.htm
3 Jan 2024
Finding a better way to handle inpatient substance use
Many addiction medicine clinicians don't know whether their institutions have policies for responding to suspected substance use during a hospitalization, and those that do often disagree with them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/free/finding-a-better-way-to-handle-inpatient-substance-use.htm
15 Nov 2023
A job for AI
Experts assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden of documentation and coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/free/a-job-for-ai.htm
8 Nov 2023
User-friendly EHRs also more safety-friendly
Why might easy-to-use electronic health records (EHRs) provide better medication safety? The coauthor of a recent study explains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/free/user-friendly-ehrs-also-more-safety-friendly.htm
18 Oct 2023
Catheters recalled; warning on troponin tests
The FDA announced a recall of certain peripheral catheters due to leaking and warned not to use a cardiac testing panel providing inaccurate troponin measurements, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/catheters-recalled-warning-on-troponin-tests.htm
2 Aug 2023
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Replace diagnostic errors with excellence
Five strategies can help hospitalists achieve diagnostic excellence, a researcher says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/replace-diagnostic-errors-with-excellence.htm
24 May 2023
Sepsis scores perform poorly in COVID-19 patients, study finds
In the latest COVID-19 news, a retrospective analysis tested common inpatient risk scores using data from patients who presented to EDs early in the pandemic, and the FDA authorized additional boosters for older and immunocompromised patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/26/free/sepsis-scores-perform-poorly-in-covid-19-patients-study-finds.htm
26 Apr 2023
Intervention in safety-net system failed to reduce overuse of VTE prophylaxis
An order set and best practice advisory in the electronic health record did not significantly affect use of prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE), but did provide some useful lessons, a study of 11 New York City hospitals found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/19/intervention-in-safety-net-system-failed-to-reduce-overuse-of-vte-prophylaxis.htm
19 Apr 2023