Search results for "Education"
Implement 4 E's to reduce low-value inpatient care, article proposes
A new framework, modeled after the hierarchy of effectiveness, proposes four steps to reduce use of low-value care, such as unnecessary telemetry, repeat labs, and urinary catheters, on medical wards.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/implement-4es-to-reduce-low-value-inpatient-care-article-proposes.htm
7 Feb 2024
A bone to pick
Osteoporosis is undertreated in fragility fracture patients. Hospitalists have an opportunity to help close that gap.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/a-bone-to-pick.htm
24 Jan 2024
Beyond the ‘golf course conversation’
Hospitalists need to think harder about sponsorship to promote diversity and equity, said the authors of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/beyond-the-golf-course-conversation.htm
17 Jan 2024
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
Clinicians team up to combat burnout
Online group coaching for women trainees decreased burnout symptoms.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/clinicians-team-up-to-combat-burnout.htm
10 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
A better team, with the same outcomes
Why did only nurses see an improvement from a teamwork intervention at four hospitals? A hospitalist researcher offers his thoughts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/a-better-team-with-the-same-outcomes.htm
20 Dec 2023
Unlicensed
Small oversights can line up to cause a major problem.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/free/unlicensed.htm
13 Dec 2023
Getting SNF discharges up to snuff
Hospitalists are experimenting with videoconferences to help bridge the gap when patients are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/getting-snf-discharges-up-to-snuff.htm
13 Dec 2023
Surrogate decisions for incarcerated hospital patients often handled improperly
Prison employees were involved in more than half of the decisions for patients who lacked decision-making capacity while hospitalized from a prison, according to an analysis of 20 years of records from one academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/surrogate-decisions-for-incarcerated-hospital-patients-often-handled-improperly.htm
13 Dec 2023