Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Sleep heals
Learn why and how to improve inpatient sleep.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/sleep-heals.htm
15 Jul 2019
Sepsis improvement program widened disparities between white and black patients
An analysis of New York State's sepsis reporting initiative found overall improved rates of compliance with three-hour sepsis protocols, but significantly lower rates among hospitals that served more black patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/4.htm
10 Jul 2019
June 21, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/21/
February 7, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/
PPIs started for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients often continued after ICU, hospital discharge
A study at one U.S. academic medical center found that nearly half of patients who started proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) in the ICU without an indication for outpatient use continued them after transfer to the floor, and 27% continued them after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/3.htm
16 Dec 2020
Implement 4 E's to reduce low-value inpatient care, article proposes
A new framework, modeled after the hierarchy of effectiveness, proposes four steps to reduce use of low-value care, such as unnecessary telemetry, repeat labs, and urinary catheters, on medical wards.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/implement-4es-to-reduce-low-value-inpatient-care-article-proposes.htm
7 Feb 2024
Hospital performance on one stroke quality measure may predict performance on others
Hospitals that performed well on one of four indicators—carotid imaging, antithrombolytic therapy, treatment in a stroke unit, or discharge to inpatient rehabilitation—tended to also perform well on the other three, and the reverse was also true, with poor performance on one predicting poor performance on the others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/4.htm
9 Dec 2020
Dig into the numbers
Hospitalists are finding career opportunities helping their hospitals use data to improve care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/free/dig-into-the-numbers.htm
30 Aug 2023
September 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
To suggest a colleague to be profiled in our November issue, please fill out our form by July 31, 2019.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/6.htm
10 Jul 2019