Search results for "Perspectives"
Medicine's #MeToo movement
The recent focus on sexual harassment and assault has led some physicians to share troubling stories.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/medicines-metoo-movement.htm
15 May 2018
Pandemic parenting as a physician
Two hospitalists address the challenges of being a doctor and parent.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/pandemic-parenting-as-a-physician.htm
15 Oct 2020
Preventing readmissions, VTEs, and more
The new year will bring a new ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Nov 2021
Hospitals report their responses to the pandemic
Several journal articles described recently implemented strategies for isolation, education, testing, visitors, and staff support, while others called for research collaboration and support for female hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/2.htm
29 Jul 2020
Step up: Leading in a time of crisis and uncertainty
Initially, I thought I was being forced to see the COVID-19 patients because I was one of the youngest in the department and the unlucky hospital medicine fellow.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/step-up.htm
15 Nov 2020
September 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/
January issue is online and in the mail
This month's main story focuses on debates in sepsis care and ACP Hospitalist will hold a Twitter chat on the subject on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m. Eastern.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/5.htm
16 Jan 2019
Document to defeat malpractice suits
An experienced expert witness offers 10 tips for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/document-to-defeat-malpractice-suits.htm
15 Jan 2020
Struggling with strategies for strain
Hospitalist leaders and hospital administrators were interviewed before the pandemic for a study about hospital capacity strain. The study authors explain some lessons that everyone working in hospitals can now take from their responses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/02/struggling-with-strategies-for-strain.htm
2 Feb 2022
Readmission, mortality rates high for hospitalized HF patients worldwide
A systematic review and meta-analysis found that 13.2% and 35.7% of heart failure (HF) patients were readmitted at 30 days and one year and that 7.6% and 23.3% had died by those respective time points.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/readmission-mortality-rates-high-for-hospitalized-hf-patients-worldwide.htm
26 Jul 2023