Search results for "Patient Safety"
Measuring hospitalist workload
In hospital medicine, workload cannot simply be measured by hours on the clock, but must encompass more intangible factors such as the type of work, the acuity of patients, the time of day, etc. Hospitalist programs are taking a hard look at ways to distribute workload fairly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2013
Lost in transition
Medication discrepancies between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are common. Learn why and what you can do about it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/snf.htm
15 Sep 2009
Fewer catheters…fewer infections
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association reduced unnecessary use of catheters and thereby catheter-associated UTIs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/success.htm
15 May 2010
Med rec can help curb ‘epidemic’ of adverse drug events
The problem affects 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and 12% to 17% in the 30 days after discharge, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/med-rec-can-help-curb-epidemic-of-adverse-drug-events.htm
15 Jul 2018
Another way to detect breakdowns in care
A program encouraged patients to report problems that arose during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/success-story-another-way-to-detect-breakdowns-in-care.htm
15 Aug 2020
Hospitals put rapid response systems into play
When Kendra K. Kay, ACP Member, joined Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., as the medical director of its hospitalist program, she didn't realize that she and the rest of her hospitalist team were just what the staff developing a rapid response system were waiting for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2007
VTE prophylaxis in colorectal surgery patients increases over time, but VTE rates remain unchanged, study finds
Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE) increased significantly among colorectal surgery patients, but their rate of VTE occurrence did not change, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/17/1.htm
17 Jun 2015
Monkey medicine
You may feel like you've entered a zoo and your ward has become the primate house, so here are the terms you will need to be a successful hominid hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/newmans-notions-monkey-medicine.htm
15 Jan 2018
Say no to antipsychotics and bed alarms for older patients
Some well-intentioned but misguided interventions may harm geriatric inpatients more than they help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/inpatient-interventions-for-older-patients.htm
15 Jul 2017
The future is now
Revisiting 2007 predictions for hospital medicine with Robert Wachter, MD, FACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/q-and-a-wachter-future.htm
15 Jan 2017