Search results for "Disparities"
Machine learning model uses SDOH to improve mortality prediction in heart failure
Inclusion of social determinants of health (SDOH) in a machine learning model led to more accurate prediction of inpatient mortality among Black patients hospitalized with heart failure than usual risk scoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/machine-learning-model-uses-sdoh-to-improve-mortality-prediction-in-heart-failure.htm
13 Jul 2022
Poorest neighborhoods have increased 30-day readmission risk
Living in a very disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with an increased risk of 30-day readmission equivalent to having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/12/10/4.htm
10 Dec 2014
Taking better care of transgender patients
Hospitals working to improve resources, education, and training for transgender care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/transgender-patients.htm
15 Oct 2015
Doc, your weight bias is showing
Physician attitudes can lead to avoidance, delays of care
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/weight-bias-physicians.htm
15 Feb 2017
Hospitalist pay still has a gender gap, survey finds
Male and female hospitalists' work characteristics, job satisfaction priorities, and earnings were compared using survey data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/08/1.htm
8 Jul 2015
September 7, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/
Gender pay gap persists in internal medicine, especially in procedural subspecialties
Only general internal medicine, endocrinology, and geriatrics had more women than men, and only 26% of full professors were women, an analysis of U.S. internal medicine faculty in 2018 to 2019 found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/3.htm
21 Jul 2021
March 23, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/23/
NKF-ASN task force issues final report on use of race in diagnosing kidney disease
Effective immediately in the U.S., estimated glomerular filtration rate should be calculated with an updated equation that does not include a race modifier for Black patients, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/29/4.htm
29 Sep 2021
December 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/