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Meet our 2010 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/top.htm
15 Nov 2010

Longer shifts proposed for first-year residents

A task force of the ACGME is accepting public comment on a proposal to limit first-years to 24 hours on-task plus 4 hours to manage transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/1.htm
16 Nov 2016

One-quarter of hospitalized Medicare patients experienced harm, government report finds

A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General found that 25% of Medicare patients experienced adverse events or temporary harm events during their hospital stays in October 2018, and 43% of these were deemed preventable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/free/one-quarter-of-hospitalized-medicare-patients-experienced-harm.htm
18 May 2022

February 2018

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/

Uncertainty on nurse staffing despite regs, research

Opinions are heated, but data are limited, on how many nurses are best for patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/uncertainty-on-nurse-staffing-despite-regs-research.htm
15 Apr 2019

When patients wander

Hospitals need detailed policies on patient elopement to avoid this sentinel event and protocols for responding when it does happen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/when-patients-wander.htm
15 Feb 2018

Bedside interdisciplinary rounding may not affect clinical outcomes

One study created a bedside model for mobile interdisciplinary care rounds, while another study looked at the effects of regionalizing care teams and encouraging bedside rounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/08/3.htm
8 Mar 2017

Delays in ICU transfer increase mortality, LOS, but early warning score may help, study finds

Researchers retrospectively applied the previously published electronic Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (eCART) score, which utilizes demographics, vital signs, and laboratory data as an objective measure of critical illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/2.htm
13 Jul 2016

Keeping track of mistakes that don't happen

Near-miss tracking project for residents aims to improve hospital care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/nearmiss.htm
15 Apr 2008

Specific components of antimicrobial stewardship programs associated with improvements

Effective components included postgraduate physician/pharmacy training programs, order sets specific to antimicrobials, systematic de-escalation review, pharmacists and/or infectious disease (ID) attendings on acute care ward teams, and formal ID training of pharmacists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2017

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