Search results for "Stewardship"
New appropriate use resources for hospitals now available
ACP has collaborated with the American Hospital Association (AHA) on a compendium that offers toolkits on blood management, antimicrobial stewardship, ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, elective percutaneous coronary intervention, and alignment of ICU use with patient priorities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/5.htm
21 Sep 2016
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020
Telemedicine, from both sides now
Hospitalists both give and receive support through the screen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/telemedicine-from-both-sides-now.htm
15 Aug 2019
Antimicrobials: New drugs, new resistance
Ten years ago, infection control was the biggest trend in tackling hospital-based infectious diseases. Now the new hot area is antibiotic stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/antimicrobials.htm
15 Jun 2011
Acute kidney injury, racial disparities
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2020
Hospitals serve up healthy food
Clinicians strive to improve nutrition inside and outside of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/hospitals-serve-up-healthy-food.htm
15 Oct 2019
Teams to improve hip fracture, heart failure
This issue looks at comanagement of hip fractures, prescribing for heart failure, antibiotic use in COVID-19, and private equity ownership of hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Dec 2020
Palliative care for a pandemic
COVID-19 increased the need for expertise in communication and palliation of symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/05/qa-palliative-care-for-a-pandemic.htm
15 May 2020
Opioid initiation, continuity, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2019
Molecular rapid diagnostic testing outperforms conventional methods in bloodstream infections
Patients who received molecular rapid diagnostic testing had significantly lower odds of mortality when it was used with an antibiotic stewardship program, but not when it was used without stewardship, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/1.htm
5 Oct 2016