Search results for "Patient Safety"
Whose documentation counts?
Understanding whose documentation can actually be used for inpatient coding purposes is often a source of confusion and controversy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2011
Eliminating drug errors
A few years ago, a patient taking a long-lasting brand-name beta-blocker got switched to the generic short-acting medication when admitted to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. At discharge, the medication instructions said, “Take all home meds.”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/drug-errors.htm
15 May 2007
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
Put words in our mouth
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/16/6.htm
16 Jun 2010
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
Put words in our mouth
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/12/7.htm
12 May 2010
Suggest a colleague as a Top Hospitalist
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/09/6.htm
9 Jun 2010
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
Internal medicine unites to improve transitions of care
Experts from all areas of health care met in Philadelphia in July to discuss ways to improve transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/im-unites.htm
15 Oct 2007
ACGME recommends restricting first-years to 16 duty hours per day
ACGME recommends restricting first-years to 16 duty hours per dayHypoglycemia increases mortality risk in pneumonia
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/30/1.htm
30 Jun 2010
A deviant approach to hospital challenges
Positive deviance is a bottom-up, rather than top-down, approach to solving seemingly intractable problems in an institution or a community. It's based on the observation that certain individuals or groups (positive deviants) have found better solutions to these problems than their peers have.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/positive.htm
15 Nov 2009
A matter of respect
Disruptive behavior is common in U.S. hospitals, according to a recent survey.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/disruptive.htm
15 Apr 2010