Search results for "Hospice"
A doctor seeks ways to encourage earlier palliative care talks
Cross-discipline initiatives are key.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/palliative.htm
15 Mar 2015
Malignant bowel obstruction
Learn about diagnosis, treatment, and next steps through a case study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/expert-analysis-malignant-bowel-obstruction.htm
15 Nov 2015
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
How and why to prognosticate
Hospitalists should try to help patients understand the prognosis of their illnesses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/how-and-why-to-prognosticate.htm
15 Jul 2021
In the News
Performance measures and readmissions, early management of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/itn.htm
15 May 2013
A collection of individual cases
This group of individual cases from various institutions includes atypical cystic fibrosis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, tracheal chondrosarcoma, and others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/brief-case-individual.htm
15 Nov 2016
Award-winning physician was meant for hospital medicine
Peter Nock, ACP Member, explains why hospital medicine is the perfect fit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/profile.htm
15 Mar 2010
Talking points on palliative care
Speakers at the recent National Palliative Care Summit discussed strategies for changing and improving Americans' perceptions of palliative care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/palliative.htm
15 May 2011
Sending patients home with a little extra care
Campaign advances care for home health patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/home-health.htm
15 Aug 2007
Cases from Maine Medical Center
Meningoencephalitis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, tophaceous gout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/brief-case-maine-medical-center.htm
15 Nov 2015