Search results for "Quality improvement"
Find chemistry with your Yoda
Mentoring experts offer advice for making the right match.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/yoda.htm
15 Jun 2008
Letter from the Editor
With stroke, there’s a common saying that time lost is brain lost.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/editor.htm
15 Jun 2008
Peers swap ideas and tips in new online forum for health care innovations
Swap innovation ideas online.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/peers.htm
15 Jul 2008
Fight burnout while fostering experience
Investing in hospitalist programs now can pay off later.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/burnout.htm
15 Jul 2008
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/cover.htm
15 Aug 2008
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2008
Your next hire could be right down the hall
Physicians who move from the community to the hospital mid-career present a potential solution to the hospitalist field's perennial workforce shortage. They also offer some benefits and challenges that differ from those of their hospitalist-track peers. Hospitalist leaders who note those differences and find the means to take advantage of them, are on track to building well-balanced, high-functioning hospitalist teams.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/cover.htm
15 Oct 2008
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
Letter from the Editor
Last spring, when we decided to recognize top hospitalists, we had no idea what to expect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/editor.htm
15 Nov 2008
Calling for backup before it's needed
Failure to rescue, the failure to identify patients with critical abnormalities and provide the resources necessary to prevent harm, was one of the top three preventable errors found in hospitals in 2004-2006, accounting for 17% of total errors. Experts offer their solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/rescue.htm
15 Nov 2008