Search results for "Workload"
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
An academic time crunch
Academic hospitalists discuss how to find time for education and research as the clinical workload keeps growing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/free/an-academic-time-crunch.htm
10 Jan 2024
Measuring hospitalist busyness
Busy hospitalists list fewer differential diagnoses. A researcher ponders the implications for diagnostic error.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/measuring-hospitalist-busyness.htm
6 Dec 2023
Conservative airway strategy may improve outcomes in comatose patients with acute poisoning
Patients who were randomized to no intubation unless they met an emergency criterion did better on a composite end point of in-hospital death and length of ICU and hospital stay than those treated under routine practice, a French trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/06/conservative-airway-strategy-may-improve-outcomes-in-comatose-patients-with-acute-poisoning.htm
6 Dec 2023
The many faces of hospital medicine
International hospitalists share their common and unique experiences and challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/free/the-many-faces-of-hospital-medicine.htm
29 Nov 2023
Hospital medicine programs strategize responses to growth in clinical workload
Interviews with hospital medicine leaders from academic medical centers that experienced clinical growth in the past five years found that they are dealing with mismatches in supply and demand for teaching and clinical care roles.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/hospital-medicine-programs-strategize-responses-to-growth-in-clinical-workload.htm
15 Nov 2023
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
HM gaining ground as IM career choice, even among primary care track residents
Surveys of third-year internal medicine (IM) residents in 2019 to 2021 found that 9.4% were planning a career in general internal medicine, 15.1% in hospital medicine (HM), and 67.9% in a subspecialty, a significant increase in interest in HM compared to a decade earlier.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/06/hm-gaining-ground-as-im-career-choice-even-among-primary-care-track-residents.htm
6 Sep 2023
Rural hospitalists face unique challenges, rewards
Hunting for beds in tertiary facilities and providing outpatient consults are among the diverse responsibilities of hospitalists in remote areas.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/26/rural-hospitalists-face-unique-challenges-rewards.htm
26 Apr 2023
Retain physicians with these 10 tools
A program leader offered strategies and processes to keep hospitalists on board and moving up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/retain-physicians-with-these-10-tools.htm
12 Apr 2023