Search results for "perspectives"
July 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/
Age associated with risk for death in ICU survivors
A French study found that mortality risk after ICU discharge increased progressively across all age strata, with a sharp increase in those ages 80 years and older, but excess long-term mortality was highest in younger, not elderly, patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/15/4.htm
15 May 2019
October 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/
Hospitals report their responses to the pandemic
Several journal articles described recently implemented strategies for isolation, education, testing, visitors, and staff support, while others called for research collaboration and support for female hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/2.htm
29 Jul 2020
How to write a good discharge summary
Primary care physicians highlighted what they really need to know about their patients' recent hospitalizations in a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/free/how-to-write-a-good-discharge-summary.htm
3 Jan 2024
A job for AI
Experts assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden of documentation and coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/free/a-job-for-ai.htm
8 Nov 2023
August issue online and in the mail
This month's issue focuses on procalcitonin testing, hospitalist training in residency, oncology care communication, and femoral access for central lines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/15/5.htm
15 Aug 2018
April 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/
January issue online and in the mail
This issue's main story analyzes recent guideline changes on treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. ACP Hospitalist will host a related Twitter chat on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. Eastern.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/15/5.htm
15 Jan 2020
Getting SNF discharges up to snuff
Hospitalists are experimenting with videoconferences to help bridge the gap when patients are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/getting-snf-discharges-up-to-snuff.htm
13 Dec 2023