Search results for "Recruitment"
Switch to advanced practice providers plus telemedicine for ED coverage yields benefits at some rural hospitals
Critical access hospitals that stopped requiring local physician backup in their EDs reported cost savings and better clinician recruitment and retention, a survey of rural facilities' staff found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/3.htm
12 Dec 2018
Estimates of ICU benefit differ among critical care physicians
Decisions about ICU care may be tied to bed availability, family presence, and patient age, one study found, while another revealed wide variation among states in ICU admissions for Medicare patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/1.htm
17 Oct 2018
Baking hospitalist training into residency
Although half of large internal medicine residency programs offer hospitalist-focused rotations, there are no standards for their structure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/baking-hospitalist-training-into-residency.htm
15 Aug 2018
Alteplase no better than aspirin for mild, nondisabling stroke, study finds
The study was terminated early due to low patient recruitment, but it provides evidence that alteplase does not provide significant benefit in mild, nondisabling strokes, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/18/2.htm
18 Jul 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
MKSAP quiz on endocarditis
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program 17 about endocarditis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/mksap-quiz-on-endocarditis.htm
15 Oct 2017
ICU admission may not reduce mortality at 6 months in critically ill elderly patients
The randomized trial's findings support close examination of ICU admission decisions, with the potential to safely reduce ICU beds, care, and costs, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/04/3.htm
4 Oct 2017
Recruitment improvement
Creativity, flexibility required to attract hospitalists in fiercely competitive market.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recruitment-improvement-hospitalists.htm
15 Feb 2017
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on recruitment, locum tenens, cellulitis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/lfe.htm
15 Feb 2017
Young hospitalists choosing locum tenens
Demand for temporary hospitalists is high
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/young-hospitalists-locum-tenens.htm
15 Feb 2017