Search results for "Quality improvement"
Caring for sepsis survivors
Risks of sepsis, including mortality, functional and cognitive impairment, and mental health problems, continue long after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/caring-for-sepsis-survivors.htm
15 Apr 2018
Identifying drug-drug interactions
New tech helps prevent adverse drug events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/drug-interactions.htm
15 Mar 2017
Weighing perioperative cardiac risk scores
Experts explain and compare the available tools, detailing which scores they prefer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/weighing-perioperative-cardiac-risk-scores.htm
15 Mar 2021
MI performance measures, health literacy and LOS, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2018
PPIs started for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients often continued after ICU, hospital discharge
A study at one U.S. academic medical center found that nearly half of patients who started proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) in the ICU without an indication for outpatient use continued them after transfer to the floor, and 27% continued them after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/3.htm
16 Dec 2020
Launching mentorship programs
Hospital medicine leaders are building formal mentorship programs, from relatively traditional systems to new twists on such cornerstones as visiting professorships and networking.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/launching-mentorship-programs.htm
15 Sep 2017
Hospital revisits, admissions appear common after observation stays in Medicare beneficiaries
From 2006 to 2011, an increase was seen in revisit rates after ED treatment-and-discharge stays, repeated observation stays, and any hospital revisit, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/4.htm
28 Jun 2017
Welcome to ACP Hospitalist
Welcome to ACP Hospitalist, a new monthly publication for physicians in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/welcome.htm
15 Jan 2007
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2008
Changes proposed to the 2-midnight rule
Physician judgment and Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations should play bigger role in 2-midnight rule, CMS has proposed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/08/5.htm
8 Jul 2015