Search results for "Workload"
Heart failure: The importance of precision
For coding purposes, it is no longer enough to say that patients have “CHF” or “congestive heart failure.”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2010
Daily sedation interruption didn't benefit ventilated patients on sedation protocol
Mechanically ventilated patients receiving protocolized sedation did not benefit from daily sedation interruption in terms of intensive care unit (ICU) stay or time on ventilation, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/24/1.htm
24 Oct 2012
Finding a job that fits
The right “cultural fit” between a hospital and a physician may be what guarantees a fulfilling career.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2014
Job hunting in a down economy
Employers have stepped up efforts to maximize productivity in new hires and existing staff, while hospitalists are focused on the perils of switching jobs in a gloomy housing market.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/economy.htm
15 May 2009
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
In the News
Septic shock, EHR access for inpatients, patient-centered medical home and hospitalizations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2015
Making room for more patients
Peter Viccellio, MD, still remembers the day, month and year when he had an epiphany that changed his hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/open-beds.htm
15 Feb 2007
Is it time to forgo the handshake?
Experts seek ways to decrease pathogen transmission while staying polite.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/handshake.htm
15 Dec 2014
Get patients moving in, and out of, the hospital
Two 24-bed general medicine units at the Johns Hopkins Hospital tackled inpatient mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/success-story-mobility.htm
15 Sep 2016
Predicting mortality
Algorithms could be used in assessing safety and quality of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/risk.htm
15 Jul 2013