Search results for "Patient Safety"
Speaking up for patient safety
Hospitalists can help create a blame-free atmosphere of openness when it comes to discussing errors in patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/patientsafety.htm
15 Mar 2014
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2017
The cost of hospitalists
The lead author of a recent study finding that hospitalists bill higher than primary care physicians when seeing Medicare inpatients says that productivity bonus pay is problematic for the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/08/the-cost-of-hospitalists.htm
8 Jun 2022
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021
Computerized provider order entry systems and patient safety
Computerized provider order entry has a promising, yet unproven, future as a tool for improving overall patient care and safety.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/perspectives.htm
15 Aug 2011
Unit-based teamwork intervention for nurses, hospitalists did not improve patient care
An intervention focused on improving interprofessional communication on hospital units did not reduce adverse events or length of stay but did improve nurses' ratings of the teamwork climate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/unit-based-teamwork-intervention-for-nurses-hospitalists-did-not-improve-patient-care.htm
1 Nov 2023
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/5.htm
28 Jun 2017
Meet Our 2019 Top Hospitalists
The 2019 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/meet-our-top-hospitalists-2019.htm
15 Nov 2019
Noninvasive ventilation may benefit as first-line therapy in COPD
Mortality, intubation, and length of stay were all lower in patients who received noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/26/1.htm
26 Jul 2017
Conference room becomes medical unit
One hospital found an unusual solution to an influenza season surge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/success-story-conference-room-becomes-medical-unit.htm
15 Feb 2020