Search results for "Technology"
Letter from the Editor
This issue offers expert advice on using checklists, clinical pearls on preop pulmonary evaluation, and guidance for ethically challenging situations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2010
Resisting ransomware
Health care searches for solutions as hackers target hospital data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/ransomware-hospitals.htm
15 Oct 2016
Journal Watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about poor blood sugar control, predicting heart failure, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/journal.htm
15 Sep 2008
New warning about fluoroquinolones
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/fda.htm
15 Jul 2016
New antibiotic, report on drug shortages
Details on the latest alerts, recalls, and approvals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/fda-update-new-antibiotic-report-on-drug-shortages.htm
15 Jan 2020
Patient deterioration alerts didn't improve mortality or length of stay in trials
According to a new systematic review, pre-post studies have found benefits from using health information technology for early detection of inpatient deterioration, but randomized controlled trials have shown no significant changes from such interventions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/patient-deterioration-alerts-didnt-improve-mortality-or-length-of-stay-in-trials.htm
20 Apr 2022
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/mobile-apps.htm
15 Dec 2015
November 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/cover.htm
15 Aug 2008