Search results for "Quality measures"
Letter from the Editor
What are the red flags that point to a patient with possible factitious disorder?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2012
Improve core measure compliance with electronic medical record tools
A hospitalist explains how his facility uses its EHR to meet CMS core measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/perspectives.htm
15 Nov 2012
Glutted with guidelines?
When deciding which guidelines to follow, clinicians should look for strong supporting evidence and clear explanations of how the authors arrived at their recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/coverstory.htm
15 May 2013
AHA and ACC issue heart failure guidelines
New and revised recommendations on the treatment of heart failure were released last week jointly by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/12/1.htm
12 Jun 2013
In the News
Hepatitis screening, emergency warfarin reversal, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2013
Varied surgical readmission rates associated with procedure volume, mortality rate, study finds
Surgical readmission rates for six common procedures vary across the U.S. and are associated with hospitals' procedure volume and mortality rate, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/25/3.htm
25 Sep 2013
Opioid management, constipation key challenges in cancer pain
Adding methadone to opioids can help with intractable pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/conference01.htm
15 Oct 2013
Certain heart failure patients less likely to receive guideline-adherent care
Inpatients with heart failure as a primary diagnosis were more likely to receive guideline-recommended care than inpatients with heart failure as a secondary diagnosis, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2013
Recent Research
Dabigatran outcomes, PPIs and postoperative pneumonia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2014
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014