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A devotion to patients that springs from gratitude
For Suren Pathman, MD, doctoring is all about service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/profile.htm
15 Sep 2009
Letter from the Editor
Once you've recruited a few great hospitalists to your program, you might be tempted to think you've solved your staffing woes. But recruitment is only half the battle. You also need to worry about that other “R” word: retention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/lfe.htm
15 Oct 2009
Code status discussions sometimes difficult, but necessary
Understanding individual preferences about code status is critical to delivering the care patients want. Still, code discussions between doctors and patients don't always happen when they should, or at all. A 2008 study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that only 10% of patients in six university-based hospitals had documented code discussions within 24 hours of admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/status.htm
15 Oct 2009
Not a time for modesty
With the economy shaky and hospital budgets tight, hospitalists are being asked more and more to prove their worth. Value may be the word that hospital administrators and consultants use to describe what hospitalists are being expected to demonstrate, but what it boils down to is this: Are hospitalists earning their keep?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/value.htm
15 Oct 2009
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The. TECHNOLOGY TRAPS. Area under curve = MAP. Systolic readingDicrotic notch.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/acph-200911-tech2.pdf
29 Oct 2009
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TECHNOLOGY TRAPS. A C P H O S P I TA L I S T November 2009 11.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/acph-200911-tech3.pdf
29 Oct 2009
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The. TECHNOLOGY TRAPS. Area under curve = MAP. Systolic readingDicrotic notch.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/acph-200911-tech1.pdf
29 Oct 2009
The hazards of invasive arterial pressure monitoring
Our columnist outlines 10 possible sources of error.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/tech.htm
15 Nov 2009
Top Docs: Meet our 2009 Top Hospitalists
Welcome to our second annual Top Hospitalists issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2009
Homemade computer program improves glucose control
The Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center in Charleston, S.C., developed a nurse-driven Web-based insulin infusion protocol to manage blood glucose in the intensive care unit, as well as in the rest of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/success.htm
15 Nov 2009