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Most hospitalists are providing ICU care, many feel training insufficient, survey finds
The results confirm that hospitalists have become the major and often sole providers of critical care services in many hospitals without robust intensivist support, said the study authors, who called for additional training and support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/1.htm
13 Dec 2017
August 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/
Guidance issued on educational, psychological interventions for ICD patients
The American Heart Association released a scientific statement last week on educational and psychological interventions for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/03/4.htm
3 Oct 2012
January 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Education reduced unnecessary telemetry and costs
Hospitalists who were reminded to discuss necessity of telemetry during teaching and rounding increased their trainees' knowledge and reduced overuse of monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/15/2.htm
15 Jul 2015
Recognize, respond to restrictive eating disorders
Hiding food, exercising discreetly, and manipulating feeding tubes are just a few behaviors hospitalists may have to address.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/recognize-respond-to-restrictive-eating-disorders.htm
20 Mar 2024
Residents' burnout, exhaustion and debt affect their medical learning
Burnout and educational debt are associated with lower scores among residents taking the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE). And some of the lower-scoring students are unable to catch up with their peers by the end of residency, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/14/2.htm
14 Sep 2011
January 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/
POCUS increased safety of paracentesis in patients with ascites, trainee study finds
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) before paracentesis significantly changed the needle insertion location in two-thirds of studied cases, and six procedures were cancelled based on POCUS findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/3.htm
11 Aug 2021