Search results for "Patient Safety"
The Phantom of the Operation, and other tales from the crypt-ococcus
Catch up on the horrors of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/newmans-notions-the-phantom-of-the-operation.htm
15 Oct 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
Top Docs
Meet our 2014 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2014
De-Mentored
Learn how not to mentor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/newmans-notions-de-mentored.htm
15 Mar 2021
How to handle biased patients
Hospitalists have developed strategies for these problematic encounters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/how-to-handle-biased-patients.htm
15 Jun 2020
FUMBLE!
Football and hospital medicine are not so different.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/newmans-notions-fumble.htm
15 Jul 2020
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2015 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/top-hospitalists-2015.htm
15 Nov 2015
Subclavian catheters associated with fewer bloodstream infections and DVTs than femoral or jugular
The findings support current CDC recommendations to reduce risk of infections by using subclavian sites, but overall suggest that an ideal site for central venous catheter insertion does not exist if mechanical complications are an equal concern, authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/3.htm
30 Sep 2015
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
New Joint Commission president envisions global quality improvements
New Joint Commission president envisions global quality improvements.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/chassin.htm
15 Jan 2008