Search results for "Hospital practice"
Clinicians dive into hospital design
Researchers from health care and design backgrounds have been increasingly focusing on how the layout and allocation of space in hospitals can promote the well-being of both patients and clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/clinicians-dive-into-hospital-design.htm
15 Apr 2018
Taking glucose management online
New algorithms and virtual systems can help hospitals to optimize inpatient glycemic control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/taking-glucose-management-online.htm
15 Apr 2018
Innovative designs
This month's issue looks at clinician involvement in hospital design, electronic glucose management systems, sepsis survivorship, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Apr 2018
Encouraging use of subcutaneous opioids reduces IV opioid prescribing, pilot study finds
One general medicine unit educated prescribers and nursing staff about subcutaneous opioid administration and successfully adopted a standard of practice preferring oral and subcutaneous opioids over IVs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/23/2.htm
23 May 2018
Highlights from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
Our coverage of ACP's annual meeting includes stories on a modernized morbidity and mortality conference, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2018
The new, improved M&M
Morbidity and mortality conferences are starting to be seen more as a potential opportunity to address patient safety issues and reduce preventable errors than as education- and blame-oriented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/the-new-improved-m-and-m.htm
15 Jul 2018
Inpatient medicine services see wide variety of conditions in similar pattern across hospitals
At seven hospitals in Toronto, the most common primary discharge diagnoses were heart failure, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/1.htm
8 Aug 2018
Procalcitonin: Promise and pitfalls
Uptake of procalcitonin testing has been slow in U.S. hospitals, but experts say the biomarker could help with antibiotic stewardship efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/procalcitonin-promise-and-pitfalls.htm
15 Aug 2018
Complicated UTI, stress ulcer prophylaxis, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2018
Resident supervision, nerve agents, and clinical conferences
This issue delves into dilemmas of training and terrorism, among other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Dec 2018