Search results for "Patient Safety"
Replace diagnostic errors with excellence
Five strategies can help hospitalists achieve diagnostic excellence, a researcher says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/replace-diagnostic-errors-with-excellence.htm
24 May 2023
Dilemmas in diabetes
New drugs and insulin pumps add to the challenge of inpatient diabetes care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/dilemmas-in-diabetes.htm
15 Dec 2019
Relief from a pager
Nonphysicians took over responsibility for an admissions pager.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/success-story-relief-from-pager.htm
15 Nov 2021
July issue online and in the mail
This month's issue of ACP Hospitalist provides news from Internal Medicine Meeting 2018, including articles about M&M conferences, quality improvement, medication reconciliation, orthopedic comanagement, and delirium.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/5.htm
11 Jul 2018
Duty hours, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2019
Late diagnoses, routine cultures, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2021
EVALI, rapid response, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020
June 7, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/07/
12 tips for new academic hospitalists
Bradley Sharpe, MD, shared some of the actions that set him up for success.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/12-tips-for-new-hospitalists.htm
15 Jul 2021
Penalties for hospital-acquired conditions didn't lead to improvements in safety
A study found that large, teaching, and safety-net hospitals were more likely to be penalized by Medicare for their rates of hospital-acquired conditions, suggesting that the penalty program could be decreasing equity without improving quality, according to the study authors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/10/3.htm
10 Jul 2019