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New guideline explains use of advanced imaging in cardiovascular infections
A new multisociety guideline compares radionuclide imaging with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT and single photon emission CT/CT leukocyte scintigraphy with echocardiography and cardiac CT for patients with infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/20/new-guideline-explains-use-of-advanced-imaging-in-cardiovascular-infections.htm
20 Mar 2024
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features coverage from Hospital Medicine 2016, held in March in San Diego.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2016
Closing the loop on medication errors
Barcodes were supposed to prevent problems, but instead, staff developed workarounds to speed care. Ferret out the problems before fatalities occur.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/errors.htm
15 Nov 2008
New sickle cell therapies approved
The FDA also warned about eye infections with over-the-counter drops and skin reactions to antiseizure medications, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/new-sickle-cell-therapies-approved.htm
3 Jan 2024
About 70% of recent U.S. health data breaches compromised sensitive demographic, financial information
While the majority of breaches compromised information that could lead to identity theft, only 2% of breaches, which affected 2.4 million patients, compromised sensitive medical information.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/2.htm
25 Sep 2019
June 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/
October 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/
SHM issues recommendations on ultrasound guidance for vascular access procedures
The 29 new recommendations from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) cover preprocedure steps, procedure techniques, postprocedure care, and training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/1.htm
18 Sep 2019
May 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/
Intervention reduced nighttime orders for vital signs, VTE prophylaxis
Two general-medicine units applied physician education and default order changes to improve patient sleep, but additional benefits were seen on the one unit that also targeted nursing staff, the single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/4.htm
16 Jan 2019