Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Highlights from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018
Our coverage of ACP's annual meeting includes stories on a modernized morbidity and mortality conference, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jul 2018
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
October 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/
Beyond the M&M
Hospitals review every death to flag problems, jump-start quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/morbidity-mortality-conference.htm
15 Sep 2016
Career advice on mentors, interviews, and contracts
Tips for new hospitalists and those on the move.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/career-advice.htm
15 May 2016
Physician resuscitation champions associated with higher rates of surviving in-hospital cardiac arrest
In a survey study, hospitals that had a very active physician champion of Get With the Guidelines—Resuscitation were four times more likely to be in a higher survival quintile than participating hospitals that did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/4.htm
24 Feb 2021
August 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist is currently seeking nominations for our 12th annual Top Hospitalists issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/5.htm
3 Jul 2019
Patients increasingly discharged alive from inpatient palliative care, referred to home or outpatient programs
Cancer was still the most common primary diagnosis in those receiving inpatient palliative care, but other diagnoses are becoming more common, according to a retrospective analysis from 2013 to 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/11/4.htm
11 Dec 2019