Search results for "High-value care"
Make quality metrics work for you
Quality metrics are key to achieving fame and fortune as a hospitalist, attendees learned from Win Whitcomb, MD, a hospitalist and chief medical officer for Remedy Partners, a health care services company in New York City that administers bundled payments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/04/16/2.htm
16 Apr 2014
Red blood cell transfusions in heart disease patients should be limited to cases of severe anemia, ACP recommends
Red blood cell transfusions should be restricted to cases of severe anemia in patients with heart disease, the American College of Physicians recommended in a clinical practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/11/5.htm
11 Dec 2013
The power of respect
Thoughts for interns and residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/blog.htm
15 Sep 2013
ACP issues high-value care recommendations for inpatient glucose management
Intensive insulin therapy (IIT) for inpatient glycemic control can result in more harm than benefit, ACP's Clinical Guidelines Committee recently reminded clinicians in a best practice advice paper.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/05/6.htm
5 Jun 2013
New sessions, credits and speakers at Internal Medicine 2013
Learn what's new at ACP's annual scientific meeting, to be held April 11-13 in San Francisco.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/preview.htm
15 Mar 2013
In the News
ACP compiles list of unnecessary tests; chlorhexidine sponges could save money in the ICU.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2012
College workgroup compiles list of unnecessary tests
A workgroup of internists convened by ACP has developed a list of 37 clinical situations in which medical tests are commonly used but do not provide high value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/25/3.htm
25 Jan 2012
May 8, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/
August 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/
December 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/