Search results for "Stewardship"
Letter from the Editor
Some of this issue's topics include ethics in the hospital, diagnosis and treatment of hypercalcemia, and compassion fatigue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2012
The May issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist is online and includes stories about ethics in hospital medicine, inpatient hypercalcemia, compassion fatigue and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/23/7.htm
23 May 2012
In the News
Dabigatran risks, C. diff, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2012
From zero to 100 in six months
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center initiative targeted pneumonia treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/success.htm
15 Jul 2013
MKSAP quiz on antibiotics
These cases and commentary, which address antibiotics, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/ty.htm
15 Jul 2013
CDC: C. diff, CRE and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae top list of bacterial threats to U.S. health
Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), and drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most urgent bacterial threats to health in the U.S., the CDC said last week in a report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/09/25/1.htm
25 Sep 2013
Stewardship effort reduced medication errors in HIV patients on HAART
Errors were reduced in hospitalized HIV patients who underwent a multidisciplinary stewardship effort involving infectious disease (ID) consultations, according to a study presented last week at IDWeek 2013.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/09/4.htm
9 Oct 2013
Top Docs
Our call for nominations last spring yielded an impressive number of nominees, from which our editorial board selected the ten featured here. These physicians have done admirable work in patient rounding, resident education, technology, workload balance, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coverstory.htm
15 Nov 2013
In the News
MRSA rates, effectiveness of ICU gowns and gloves, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2014
Incorrect antibiotic prescribing appears common among inpatients
Incorrect antibiotic prescribing is common among inpatients in U.S. hospitals, according to a recent report from the CDC.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/03/12/2.htm
12 Mar 2014