Search results for "Staffing"
ICU schedule simulation finds increased continuity, time off with shared service
Under the shared schedule, four ICU attendings shared the majority of day and night service for two teams over two weeks, and under the standard schedule, the same attending covered days for seven consecutive days, and off-service attendings cross-covered each night.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/12/4.htm
12 Apr 2017
Improving Indian Health Service hospitals
Agency strives to ensure safety, coordinate quality initiatives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/ihs.htm
15 Apr 2017
Critical illness events on wards may be ‘contagious'
Does focusing on one patient who's very, very sick have an impact on other patients on the same ward?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/qa.htm
15 Apr 2017
Digital tools help patients find their way
Hospitals offer wayfinding apps for patients and staff.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/wayfinding-apps.htm
15 May 2017
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017
Speedy sepsis care, intubation after cardiac arrest, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2017
Review finds evidence for weekend effect on mortality in hospitalized patients
Based on 97 studies with more than 51 million patients, researchers calculated that mortality rates were 4.26% for patients admitted on weekends and 3.62% for those admitted on weekdays.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/13/1.htm
13 Sep 2017
Readmissions metrics, procalcitonin testing in CAP, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2017
Hospitals fight back against violence
Hospitals and clinicians are increasingly recognizing workplace violence in the hospital as a problem and employing strategies to deal with it, or better yet, stop it before it happens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/hospitals-fight-back-against-violence.htm
15 Dec 2017
Corticosteroids for CAP, weekend effect, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2017