Search results for "Patient Safety"
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2017
The cost of hospitalists
The lead author of a recent study finding that hospitalists bill higher than primary care physicians when seeing Medicare inpatients says that productivity bonus pay is problematic for the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/08/the-cost-of-hospitalists.htm
8 Jun 2022
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
Computerized provider order entry systems and patient safety
Computerized provider order entry has a promising, yet unproven, future as a tool for improving overall patient care and safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/perspectives.htm
15 Aug 2011
Meet Our 2019 Top Hospitalists
The 2019 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/meet-our-top-hospitalists-2019.htm
15 Nov 2019
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/5.htm
28 Jun 2017
Conference room becomes medical unit
One hospital found an unusual solution to an influenza season surge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/success-story-conference-room-becomes-medical-unit.htm
15 Feb 2020
How (and why) to clean a stethoscope
Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019
When the census soars
Creative scheduling and on-call systems prevent surges from spiraling out of control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/hospital-census.htm
15 Feb 2015
Noninvasive ventilation may benefit as first-line therapy in COPD
Mortality, intubation, and length of stay were all lower in patients who received noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/1.htm
26 Jul 2017