Search results for "Bedside Procedures"
Review offers four recommendations to improve hospitalists' procedural competency
While no convincing data suggested that bedside procedures performed by procedural specialists have better outcomes than those done by well-trained hospitalists, increased referrals and a lack of standardized training or assessment have led to decreasing procedural competency, a literature review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/2.htm
24 Mar 2021
October 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/
Dripping lidocaine from syringe onto skin before injection reduces pain, study finds
Study authors theorized that the cool temperature of the lidocaine was responsible for the pain reduction, since it wouldn't be expected to have a direct anesthetic effect on the skin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/02/4.htm
2 May 2018
Procedure committee set standards for measuring residents' competence
A recent study described how a procedure competency committee of hospitalists reviewed internal medicine residents' procedure portfolios and assessed their ability to perform various procedures with assistance, with direct supervision, or with indirect supervision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/26/procedure-committee-set-standards-for-measuring-residents-competence.htm
26 Jul 2023
SHM issues position statement on ultrasound-guided procedures
The Society of Hospital Medicine calls for written or oral examinations, as well as patient-based assessments with feedback, for credentialing in ultrasound-guided procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/24/1.htm
24 Jan 2018
Preop meds, resuscitation champions, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2021
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given year
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given yearShock patients have more arrhythmias with dopamine vs. norepinephrine
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/17/1.htm
17 Mar 2010
Hospitalist service successfully performed bone marrow aspiration and biopsies
A hospitalist procedure service at a tertiary care center provided 432 bone marrow aspiration and biopsies in 2016 to 2021, only 46 of which were unsuccessful and required referral for CT guidance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/free/hospitalist-service-successfully-performed-bone-marrow-aspiration-and-biopsies.htm
26 Oct 2022
Hospitalists can be cost-effective for per diem reimbursement hospitals
Hospitalists can be cost-effective for per diem reimbursement hospitalsOver 40% of all doctors get sued during their careers
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/11/1.htm
11 Aug 2010