Search results for "Scheduling"
Antibiotic diversity may prevent resistance to ESKAPE organisms
Antibiotic strategies that promote diversity may help prevent resistance of ESKAPE pathogens in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/28/2.htm
28 Sep 2011
Little evidence supports interventions to reduce hospital readmissions
There's no definitive evidence that any single intervention reduces 30-day hospital readmissions, a literature review concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/19/4.htm
19 Oct 2011
Hospitalists outside the hospital
Concerns about readmission rates and care transitions are leading some hospitalists to treat patients in the outpatient setting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/discharge.htm
15 Dec 2011
Parenteral iron for preoperative iron deficiency anemia: A safe choice?
Two experts provide a case-based look at the workup and management of iron deficiency anemia before surgery, which may prevent perioperative blood transfusions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/expert.htm
15 Mar 2012
Observation status: making the right call
Understanding when to admit a patient to observation status or to inpatient status can be confusing and challenging##mdash;and so can knowing when it's appropriate to bill for one or the other.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2012
The big and small of it
It's remarkably different to practice in a small rural hospital than in its urban big brother.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/perspectives.htm
15 Apr 2012
Paging Dr. Right
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto developed a program to help ensure pages were sent to the correct physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/success.htm
15 May 2012
Four-day blocks match hospitalists' and patients' schedules
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore changed hospitalists' schedules to improve physician satisfaction and quality of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/success.htm
15 Jun 2012
Letter from the Editor
This issue features extensive conference coverage from both Internal Medicine 2012 and Hospital Medicine 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/lfe.htm
15 Jun 2012
Succeeding as a new hospitalist
You can't completely avoid stress while transitioning from trainee to full-time hospitalist, but you can mitigate it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2012