Search results for "Hospital policy"
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011
Inpatient versus observation status: the Medicare dilemma
The review process is flawed, and physicians should take action, three experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/perspectives.htm
15 Oct 2012
Get ‘er done
A fictional doctor embarks on a quest to place a dialysis catheter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/free/newman.htm
15 Dec 2012
You can keep your pants on
Most patients would like to wear pants during hospital stay.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/patient-attire.htm
15 Feb 2015
Adding midodrine to vasopressor reduced duration of therapy, ICU stay, study finds
Patients who received midodrine as they were recovering from septic shock had about a day shorter duration of IV vasopressors, according to an observational study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/23/3.htm
23 Mar 2016
Recent Research
Transfusion strategies, hyponatremia at admission, follow-up timing and medication adherence, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2016
Medical marijuana ... in the hospital?
As states legalize marijuana, hospitals develop policies on inpatient use
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/marijuana-policies-hospital.htm
15 Jan 2017
Hospitals fight back against violence
Hospitals and clinicians are increasingly recognizing workplace violence in the hospital as a problem and employing strategies to deal with it, or better yet, stop it before it happens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/hospitals-fight-back-against-violence.htm
15 Dec 2017
Clinical decision support may be best strategy to reduce imaging for pulmonary embolism
In a systematic review of 17 studies, electronic clinical decision support was associated with a reduction in the use of imaging ranging between 8.3% and 25.4%, a rise in diagnostic yield of 3.4% to 4.4%, and an increase in appropriate ordering of 18% to 19%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/10/3.htm
10 Jan 2018
More hospitals require annual flu vaccination for staff, but most VA facilities still do not
A survey found that the proportion of hospitals with policies requiring influenza vaccination for health care personnel increased from 37.1% in 2013 to 61.4% in 2017, but that only 4.1% of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals had such policies in 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/1.htm
6 Jun 2018