Search results for "Nursing Homes"
The current and future state of stroke treatment
Insight from UCSF's Management of the Hospitalized Patient conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/01/conference1.htm
15 Jan 2015
Recent Research
C. diff risk, discharge bundles, transfusion strategies, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2015
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012
Readmission project failed to reduce readmissions or mortality, Swiss study finds
An accompanying editorial by Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, offered thoughts on why several recent interventions haven't budged readmissions and where to go from here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/readmission-project-failed-to-reduce-readmissions-or-mortality-swiss-study-finds.htm
10 May 2023
Technology connects geriatricians and hospitalists to nursing home staff
Program improves quality of clinical care for older patients in long-term care facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/technology-nursing-homes.htm
15 Jul 2015
A new cause to consider in falls: Infection
Coexisting systemic infections may need to be routinely considered in patients who present with a fall.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/q-a-falls-infection.htm
15 May 2016
In the News
Dabigatran risks, C. diff, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/itn.htm
15 Jun 2012
Treat the elderly patient, not just the illness
Strategies for managing hospitalized elders and preventing decline.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/elderly.htm
15 Nov 2007
Patient and physician hygiene go hand in hand
A recent study investigated the bugs on patients' hands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/qa-patient-and-physician-hygiene-go-hand-in-hand.htm
15 Jul 2019
Recent Research
Swallowing screens after acute stroke, cardiac complications in CAP, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/rr.htm
15 May 2012