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Code status discussions sometimes difficult, but necessary
Understanding individual preferences about code status is critical to delivering the care patients want. Still, code discussions between doctors and patients don't always happen when they should, or at all. A 2008 study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that only 10% of patients in six university-based hospitals had documented code discussions within 24 hours of admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/status.htm
15 Oct 2009
Keeping an eye—and ear—out for sleep apnea
Ignoring sleep apnea is done at the patient's peril.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/apnea.htm
15 Apr 2011
Do you know this surgeon?
With general surgeons in increasingly short supply, more hospitals will have to bring in temporary surgeons to help fill the demand for emergency and routine surgical services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/surgeon.htm
15 Aug 2009
M&M conferences get swept up in QI trend
M##amp;M conferences now increasingly focus on the underlying causes of errors and what can be learned from them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/mandm.htm
15 Jan 2011
Assisted suicide
The prescribing of lethal medication remains highly controversial as clinicians struggle to balance the autonomy of terminally ill patients and the commitment to do no harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/suicide.htm
15 Sep 2010
Want to know why a patient's readmitted? Ask him.
Physicians, hospital administrators and even politicians are eagerly searching for ways to reduce hospital readmissions. But one closely involved party isn't typically consulted: the patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/readmission.htm
15 Apr 2011
Don't forget the lungs
Hospitalists familiar with preop cardiovascular evaluation may be less comfortable with pulmonary evaluations, which can also be crucial to reducing risk for surgical patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/pulmonary.htm
15 Sep 2010
Ensure comprehension to increase adherence
Roughly 80 million Americans navigate health care's complexities with limited health literacy skills.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/comprehension.htm
15 Aug 2011
How trustworthy is automated noninvasive blood pressure monitoring?
Most vital signs are now obtained using automated techniques. We put a lot of stock in these numbers. Just how accurate are they?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/traps.htm
15 Oct 2009
Take time to ease the pain of elderly patients
Asking the right questions and individualizing care are especially helpful.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/pain.htm
15 Sep 2013