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Project honoring ICU patients' dying wishes was affordable, sustainable
The 3 Wishes Project fulfilled 3,325 requests of dying patients and their families, ranging from live musical performances to pet visitation, at four ICUs in the U.S. and Canada.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/4.htm
13 Nov 2019
Hospitals serve up healthy food
Clinicians strive to improve nutrition inside and outside of the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/hospitals-serve-up-healthy-food.htm
15 Oct 2019
About 70% of recent U.S. health data breaches compromised sensitive demographic, financial information
While the majority of breaches compromised information that could lead to identity theft, only 2% of breaches, which affected 2.4 million patients, compromised sensitive medical information.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/2.htm
25 Sep 2019
SHM issues recommendations on ultrasound guidance for vascular access procedures
The 29 new recommendations from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) cover preprocedure steps, procedure techniques, postprocedure care, and training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2019
Telemedicine, from both sides now
Hospitalists both give and receive support through the screen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/telemedicine-from-both-sides-now.htm
15 Aug 2019
Seeing the full picture of a patient
A palliative care physician finds benefit in asking for photos of patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/qa-seeing-the-full-picture-of-a-patient.htm
15 Aug 2019
Finding atrial fibrillation in the hospital
Challenges include differentiating transient and persistent cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/finding-atrial-fibrillation-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Aug 2019
Policy changes that expanded health care access did not increase overall hospital use
Based on an analysis of the implementation of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, study authors projected that providing universal coverage would not increase hospital use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/1.htm
24 Jul 2019
Sleep heals
Learn why and how to improve inpatient sleep.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/sleep-heals.htm
15 Jul 2019
Insomnia meds get boxed warning; pacemakers prematurely losing power
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/fda-update-insomnia-meds-get-boxed-warning.htm
15 Jul 2019