Search results for "Patient Safety"
Brazil's first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges
Brazil's first hospital medicine congress offers promise, challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/brazil.htm
15 Aug 2008
Letter from the Editor
A study published earlier this year in the New England Journal of Medicine had some sobering news for hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/editor.htm
15 Aug 2008
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2008
Journal Watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about poor blood sugar control, predicting heart failure, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/journal.htm
15 Sep 2008
Conserving blood: How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates
How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/transfusion.htm
15 Oct 2008
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
Calling for backup before it's needed
Failure to rescue, the failure to identify patients with critical abnormalities and provide the resources necessary to prevent harm, was one of the top three preventable errors found in hospitals in 2004-2006, accounting for 17% of total errors. Experts offer their solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/rescue.htm
15 Nov 2008
Closing the loop on medication errors
Barcodes were supposed to prevent problems, but instead, staff developed workarounds to speed care. Ferret out the problems before fatalities occur.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/errors.htm
15 Nov 2008
In the News
AHRQ funds program to reduce ICU infections, and other medical updates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/itn.htm
15 Nov 2008
Letter from the Editor
Last spring, when we decided to recognize top hospitalists, we had no idea what to expect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/editor.htm
15 Nov 2008