Search results for "Telemedicine"
CMS proposes 2008 physician payments
In early July, CMS released proposed changes to Medicare physician payments for 2008.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cms.htm
15 Aug 2007
Eliminating disparities in stroke outcomes
Recent studies have found that stroke patients admitted to the hospital at night and on the weekends are more likely to die than those admitted on weekdays. Why does mortality vary at different times of the day and week, and how can hospitals change their procedures to help minimize this difference?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/cover.htm
15 Jun 2008
Help from afar
Stroke telemedicine has plenty of champions, but others think that a telephone system is better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/telestroke.htm
15 Apr 2009
Letter from the Editor
With the demand for hospitalists high and busy practices stretched to the breaking point, midlevel practitioners may seem like an easy solution to recruitment woes. But do some careful planning before you place that “Help Wantedâ€ï¿½ ad, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/editor.htm
15 Apr 2009
Benefits of ICU telemedicine uncertain
Experimentation with telemedicine in ICUs has not quite lived up to expectations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/telemedicine.htm
15 Aug 2010
Letter from the Editor
Our focus this month is on heart failure, the cause of more than one million U.S. hospitalizations each year, including many that experts deem preventable. This issue also includes coverage of the American Thoracic Society's annual conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/lfe.htm
15 Aug 2010
Integrating palliative care into the ICU
Palliative care, rapid response teams, and sepsis were a few of the topics covered at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 22nd annual National Forum.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ihi.htm
15 Mar 2011
You can reduce antibiotic resistance
Leading an antibiotic stewardship program is within the reach of hospitalists at even the smallest community hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/coverstory.htm
15 May 2011
Telemedicine reduced mortality, LOS in ICUs
Implementation of a tele-intensive care unit (ICU) reduced mortality and length of stay at one academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/2.htm
25 May 2011
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
September's issue of ACP Internist features stories on hepatitis management, and how diagnostic advances in Alzheimer's disease may create more dilemmas for internists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/7.htm
14 Sep 2011