Search results for "Physician workload"
Diagnostic error found in care of 23% of patients who died or were transferred to ICU
The most common causes of diagnostic errors were assessment and testing issues, according to an analysis of patients who were transferred to an ICU, died, or both while hospitalized with general medical conditions at any of 29 academic centers in 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/diagnostic-error-found-in-care-of-23percent-of-patients-who-died-or-were-transferred-to-icu.htm
17 Jan 2024
A job for AI
Experts assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden of documentation and coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/free/a-job-for-ai.htm
8 Nov 2023
Higher hospitalist workload associated with slightly longer length of stay
A patient load of 16 patients, compared to 13, was associated with a small, but statistically significant, increase in length of stay. However, there was no association between workload and ED visits or readmissions in the single-center observational study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/higher-hospitalist-workload-associated-with-slightly-longer-length-of-stay.htm
15 Jun 2022
Stroke transfers, order volume
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2019
Higher electronic order volume may be associated with increased patient complexity
The analysis also found that 91.2% of patients had a discharge summary completed within 24 hours, but that patients were less likely to receive a timely summary if the treating team had a higher volume of orders the day before discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/4.htm
12 Sep 2018
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016
How academic hospitalists can manage workload
Academic hospitalists must balance what has been called the 3 shields: practice, teaching, and research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/workload-academic-medicine.htm
15 Jun 2016
In the News
Attending physician workload, prescription opioids after overdose.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2016
Attending physician workload may affect teaching effectiveness, patient safety
Academic rank and time spent with learners were positively associated with teaching evaluations, and higher midnight census and daily discharges were negatively associated, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/3.htm
13 Jan 2016
When the census soars
Creative scheduling and on-call systems prevent surges from spiraling out of control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/hospital-census.htm
15 Feb 2015