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Top Docs
Meet our 2014 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2014
Facing change together
A hospitalist calls for collaboration during the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/perspectives-facing-change-together.htm
15 Jul 2020
Fewer catheters…fewer infections
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association reduced unnecessary use of catheters and thereby catheter-associated UTIs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/success.htm
15 May 2010
Wavy lines: EEGs in the hospital
Electroencephalograms in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/expert-analysis-EEG.htm
15 Jun 2016
Experts share stewardship successes, priorities
An executive vice president from The Joint Commission offers an update.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/qa-experts-share-stewardship-successes-priorities.htm
15 Dec 2019
Top Docs: Meet our 2009 Top Hospitalists
Welcome to our second annual Top Hospitalists issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2009
Antimicrobials: New drugs, new resistance
Ten years ago, infection control was the biggest trend in tackling hospital-based infectious diseases. Now the new hot area is antibiotic stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/antimicrobials.htm
15 Jun 2011
Adding catheter-directed thrombolysis to anticoagulants not helpful in DVT
There isn't an apparent advantage to adding catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) to anticoagulants in treating deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/30/3.htm
30 Jul 2014
Less than a quarter of patients hospitalized with CAP tested for influenza
Data gathered from 179 U.S. hospitals in 2010-2015 also indicated that hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who did get tested for flu and were positive were more likely to receive antiviral treatment and shorter courses of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/16/less-than-a-quarter-of-patients-hospitalized-with-cap-tested-for-influenza.htm
16 Feb 2022
Use of monitored injection site associated with less hospital and ED use
An analysis of an unsanctioned safe consumption site found that patients who used it were 27% less likely to visit the ED and 32% less likely to be hospitalized than those who did not.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/19/use-of-monitored-injection-site-associated-with-less-hospital-and-ed-use.htm
19 Jan 2022