Search results for "Staffing"
Overnight boarding in the ED linked with worse outcomes among older patients
The mortality rate with an overnight ED stay before admission was 15.7%, compared to 11.1% in patients admitted before midnight in a French study of patients ages 75 years and older. Risk was even higher among those who needed assistance performing daily tasks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/overnight-boarding-in-the-ed-linked-with-worse-outcomes-among-older-patients.htm
8 Nov 2023
How much work is too much?
Researchers are working to identify the effects of heavy workload on hospitalists and their care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/free/how-much-work-is-too-much.htm
10 Aug 2022
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
In the News
Guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, hospital weekend services, low-risk chest pain patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2015
Letter to the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on improving nights and weekends care, choosing the best readmission risk prediction strategies, and establishing hospitalist preoperative care clinics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2014
Minneapolis bridge collapse tested local hospitals' emergency plans
Having a common command system in place was key to their swift response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/bridge.htm
15 Nov 2007
Why are physicians unionizing?
Residents recently voted to newly unionize at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Vermont, among other programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/why-are-physicians-unionizing.htm
21 Sep 2022
Intubation after in-hospital cardiac arrest not associated with benefit, study finds
The observational cohort study used the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to match patients who were intubated within 15 minutes of in-hospital cardiac arrest to patients who were not intubated in the same minute after arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/2.htm
8 Feb 2017
Ease up on antipsychotics
Antipsychotics started for an episode of agitation in the ICU are often continued through hospitalization and even after discharge, posing serious health risks to patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/ease-up-on-antipsychotics.htm
6 Apr 2022
Ideal patient-to-intensivist ratio varies in U.K. ICUs
Researchers found that patient-to-intensivist ratio was significantly associated with hospital mortality after multivariable adjustment, with a U-shaped association observed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2017