Search results for "Cellulitis"
Put a dermatologist in your pocket
Remote triage and in-person consults yielded similar diagnoses and care plans.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/inpatient-teledermatology.htm
15 May 2014
Cognitive strategies take good physicians to greatness
An expert offered advice on how to become a better doctor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/becoming-a-better-physician.htm
15 May 2014
More things you shouldn't do
Folate levels and 24-hour monitoring after switching from IV to oral antibiotics were among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/non-evidence-based-medicine.htm
15 May 2014
Clindamycin may lower death risk from severe invasive group A streptococcal infection
Patients with severe invasive group A streptococcal (iGAS) infections who received clindamycin were less likely to die than those who didn't, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/07/4.htm
7 May 2014
Medicare readmission penalties examined
Advice is given on how hospitals and clinicians can avoid the pitfalls of the penalty program, and how policymakers could change it to operate more effectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/readmission.htm
15 Mar 2014
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The top 10 is rounded out by some less severe problems.“Urinary tract infections, fluid and electrolytes, renal failure,cellulitis—these are way lower acuity. ... flags and high risk scores, you’re not picking up these little oldladies or diabetics with cellulitis,” said Dr.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t1.pdf
28 Feb 2014
A new place between the hospital and the office
Effort by Holston Medical Group in Virginia and Tennessee aims to provide inpatient-level care without the negative effects of hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/success.htm
15 Dec 2013
MKSAP quiz on acute kidney injury
These cases and commentary, which focus on acute kidney injury, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/ty.htm
15 Oct 2013
Bringing the hospital to the patients
A handful of programs around the country provide hospital-level care to patients without admitting them to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/hosphome.htm
15 May 2013
Medical decision making for E/M services
This column focuses on the risk of complications, morbidity and/or mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/coding.htm
15 May 2013