Search results for "Telemedicine"
In the News
Performance measures and readmissions, early management of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/itn.htm
15 May 2013
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016
Telemedicine for heart failure
Telemedicine could help prevent readmissions, but its value must be confirmed by evidence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/telemedicine.htm
15 Jul 2012
Indian Health Service reaches across borders within the U.S.
Delivery of everyday health services in the Navajo Nation is challenging, and specialty services even more so.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/ihs.htm
15 Aug 2012
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on telehospitalist medicine, disease outbreak response, a novel solution to recurrent Clostridium difficile, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2014
Anxieties about health, access to outpatient care drive patients back to ED after discharge
Patients who return to the ED shortly after discharge report that they do so out of fears for their health and because they can't access outpatient care quickly, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/10/1.htm
10 Sep 2014
Virtual hospitalists bring expertise to rural hospital
A telemedicine program connected hospitalists with advanced practitioners and nurses at a rural facility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/success-story-virtual-hospitalists-bring-expertise-to-rural-hospital.htm
15 Jan 2019
Substance use problems in the U.S. exacerbated by pandemic, studies indicate
The percentage of urine tests that were positive for illicit drugs increased, an ED saw more nonfatal opioid overdoses, and experts offered hospitalist-specific advice on handling substance use disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/2.htm
30 Sep 2020
Machine learning system dramatically reduced alerts compared to bedside monitors
A machine learning system trained to predict ICU patients' risk of respiratory failure or hemodynamic instability offered 50 times fewer alerts than a telemedicine system that analyzed trends from bedside biomedical monitors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/machine-learning-system-dramatically-reduced-alerts-compared-to-bedside-monitors.htm
8 Nov 2023
Talking about COVID-19 with Bob Wachter
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to Robert Wachter, MD, FACP, about COVID-19 response at the University of California, San Francisco, and in hospitals nationwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/4.htm
1 Apr 2020