Search results for "Education"
Thinking about how you treat
The new field of management reasoning holds potential to improve medical education and practice, researchers say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/thinking-about-how-you-treat.htm
21 Jun 2023
Hospital medicine, Brazilian style
Hospitalists describe how the growth of their field has made an impact on one country's health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/free/hospital-medicine-brazilian-style.htm
21 Jun 2023
Video laryngoscope increased success rate of intubation, ED and ICU study finds
A trial was stopped early for efficacy after an interim analysis found that 85.1% of video-laryngoscope intubations were successful on the first attempt compared to 70.8% of those performed with a direct laryngoscope.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/video-laryngoscope-increased-success-rate-of-intubation-ed-and-icu-study-finds.htm
21 Jun 2023
Stigmatizing language about OUD common in hospital records, associated with less follow-up
The most common term was “abuse,” which appeared in two-thirds of hospital discharge summaries for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who were admitted for infectious complications of injection opioid use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/stigmatizing-language-about-oud-common-in-hospital-records-associated-with-less-follow-up.htm
14 Jun 2023
Adding up adverse events
Patient safety experts talk about the latest data and what hospitalists can do to improve them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/adding-up-adverse-events.htm
7 Jun 2023
Even the smallest steps can bring big changes
A physician offers tips on how hospitalists can make more use of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/free/even-the-smallest-steps-can-bring-big-changes.htm
7 Jun 2023
Chief resident-led medical procedure service appears safe, successful
Internal medicine chief residents trained and supervised interns in ultrasound-guided procedures during a four-week rotation. Rates of overall procedure success, complications, and major complications were 94%, 2.6%, and 0.6%, respectively, according to analysis from 2011 to 2022.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/chief-resident-led-medical-procedure-service-appears-safe-successful.htm
7 Jun 2023
Treating addiction behind bars
Incarcerated patients have a right to medication for opioid use disorder, and hospitalists can help them access it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/treating-addiction-behind-bars.htm
31 May 2023
MD and DO hospitalists provide care of similar cost and quality
A retrospective study of hospitalized Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries found no differences in 30-day mortality, readmissions, length of stay, or spending between those cared for by physicians with an allopathic versus an osteopathic degree.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/31/md-and-do-hospitalists-provide-care-of-similar-cost-and-quality.htm
31 May 2023
Replace diagnostic errors with excellence
Five strategies can help hospitalists achieve diagnostic excellence, a researcher says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/replace-diagnostic-errors-with-excellence.htm
24 May 2023