Search results for "Imaging"
Home is where the hospital is
Learn how the hospital and the home are the same but different.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/newmans-notions-home-is-where.htm
15 Nov 2021
Study finds no mortality benefit of anti-MRSA therapy for inpatients with pneumonia
Empirical therapy covering methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was associated with an increased risk of 30-day mortality compared to standard antibiotics in veterans hospitalized with pneumonia, including those with clinical risk factors for MRSA.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/26/1.htm
26 Feb 2020
Open records come to the wards
Hospitals and physicians are adjusting to the new federal requirement to provide patients full access to their entire medical record, including notes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/open-records-come-to-the-wards.htm
15 Jul 2021
Early case reports show older men with comorbidities at highest risk for novel coronavirus
Two recent studies described the first diagnosed cases of the virus, while the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency and tallied the number affected worldwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/05/1.htm
5 Feb 2020
Strokes in COVID-19
Learn what experts and the evidence have found so far.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/strokes-in-covid-19.htm
15 Aug 2020
Acute care at home lowered costs, readmissions compared to standard inpatient care
The hospital-at-home program included daily physician visits, twice-daily nursing visits, specialist care by telemedicine, and continuous monitoring of vital signs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/18/1.htm
18 Dec 2019
Dementia
Distinguishing among the causes of dementia—including Alzheimer and Parkinson disease—is a clinical and coding imperative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/coding-corner-dementia.htm
9 Feb 2022
MKSAP quiz on chest pain
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on chest pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/mksap-quiz-on-chest-pain.htm
15 Feb 2020
Cardiac troponin test may not safely rule out inducible myocardial ischemia in symptomatic patients with stable CAD, study finds
An accompanying editorial questioned whether coronary artery stenoses need to be diagnosed in stable coronary artery disease (CAD), since revascularization won't benefit such patients but may cause harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/08/1.htm
8 Jan 2020
Strategies for recruiting NPs and PAs
Two hospitalists share their program's model for outreach, screening, and interviews.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/strategies-for-recruiting-nps-and-pas.htm
15 Mar 2021