Search results for "Transitions of Care"
A bundle of care that keeps elderly patients out of the hospital
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas instituted a pilot project providing a “care bundle” to elderly patients at particularly high risk for returning to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/success.htm
15 Jan 2010
Pneumonia
Treatment, documentation, and follow-up for CAP, HCAP, HCAP, and VAP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/morning-report-pneumonia.htm
15 Jan 2016
The March issue is now online
The March issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online, with stories about substance abuse in physicians, a novel transitions-of-care program, and cardiac monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/21/6.htm
21 Mar 2012
Acute decompensated heart failure
Morning Report, a new feature, discusses the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional but realistic hospital case from admission to discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/morning-report-heart-failure.htm
15 Oct 2015
Hospital medicine courses abound at Internal Medicine 2012
ACP's meeting in New Orleans promises many offerings for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/conference.htm
15 Feb 2012
Medical quality: What's it all mean?
As medical students, we've heard the phrase “medical quality” thrown around quite a bit. It's reasonable to wonder what all the fuss is about, and how it applies at this stage in a physician's career.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/student.htm
15 Jul 2010
Learning from the best
Interviewing personnel at “best” and “worst” hospitals yielded some interesting findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/qa.htm
15 Aug 2011
Admit to where?
Heart failure care can be improved by reducing variation between medicine and cardiology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/admit-to-where.htm
15 Apr 2021
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022
Discharge lounges done right
Studies show how to make these waiting spaces useful, even in a pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/discharge-lounges-done-right.htm
15 Feb 2021