Search results for "Patient Safety"
December issue online and in the mail
This issue highlights the challenge of giving residents both supervision and autonomy and preparing for nerve agent exposure, along with coverage from multiple clinical conferences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/5.htm
12 Dec 2018
How (and why) to clean a stethoscope
Research has found that stethoscopes harbor microbes and that many clinicians never clean theirs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/how-and-why-to-clean-a-stethoscope.htm
15 Apr 2019
Documenting and treating pressure ulcers
A wound care expert reviewed the stages of pressure ulcers (or injuries).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/documenting-and-treating-pressure-ulcers.htm
15 Jun 2018
A new kind of stewardship
Patients taking antiretroviral therapy are at risk for medication errors during hospitalization and care transitions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/qa-a-new-kind-of-stewardship.htm
15 Jan 2020
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
Preventing physician suicide
New efforts seek to reduce stigma among clinicians about mental illness and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/preventing-physician-suicide.htm
15 Mar 2018
Red flags help hospitalists spot human trafficking
Hospitalization presents an opportunity to intervene and stop exploitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/human-trafficking.htm
15 Nov 2015
May 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/
Adverse events found in nearly 1 in 4 hospital admissions
In a retrospective cohort study using a random sample of admissions at 11 hospitals in Massachusetts, clinicians judged 22.7% of adverse events to be preventable and 32.3% to be serious or worse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/adverse-events-found-in-nearly-1-in-4-hospital-admissions.htm
18 Jan 2023
Improving in-hospital handoffs
Any physicians who hand off patients may want to consider how well their messages are being understood, especially because patient safety is at stake.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/4.htm
17 Apr 2019