Search results for "Staffing"
Letter from the Editor
With stroke, there’s a common saying that time lost is brain lost.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/editor.htm
15 Jun 2008
Disaster preparedness
A recent Institute of Medicine report said too few health care facilities have established indicators to guide decisions during crises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/disaster.htm
15 Feb 2014
The scourge of seven on/seven off
How many soccer games have you missed because of your work schedule? How often has your spouse had to eat dinner without you?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/perspectives.htm
15 May 2011
Pharmacist workload linked to worse outcomes in ICU patients with complex med regimens
Patients with complex medication regimens had increases in mortality risk and ICU length of stay in a retrospective study. They also received more interventions from pharmacists, but a higher patient-to-pharmacist ratio was associated with fewer of these interventions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/pharmacist-workload-linked-to-worse-outcomes-in-icu-patients-with-complex-med-regimens.htm
22 Jun 2022
Half-hospitalists to help with rural shortages
One physician proposed a way for himself and others to pursue their passions and provide more coverage for hospital patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/29/half-hospitalists-to-help-with-rural-shortages.htm
29 Nov 2023
Caring is hard work
Compassion fatigue shares symptoms and some causes with burnout, but it's not quite the same thing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/compassion.htm
15 May 2012
Do you really want to be your own boss?
Hospitalists face issues as they decide whether to start up or join a local hospitalist group, become part of a large group or management company, or be a hospital employee.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/independence.htm
15 Oct 2008
Getting rid of unnecessary alarms
Multidisciplinary effort can help reduce alarm fatigue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/alarm-fatigue.htm
15 Feb 2015
Taking charge after discharge
Medicare payment penalties have helped spur the industry's growth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/discharge.htm
15 Jan 2013
Median hospitalist pay rose slightly between 2009 and 2010, survey finds
Median compensation for internal medicine hospitalists rose 2.4% between 2009 and 2010, from $215,000 to $220,144, according to a new survey report by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/05/1.htm
5 Oct 2011