January 2018
Let the computer figure it out
Researchers look at how machine learning could change hospital care.
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
The case for a chief primary care medical officer
Two physicians propose a new administrative/clinical role to reduce discontinuity between inpatient and outpatient care.
Schedule tweaks boost admission capacity
A hospital with long ED wait times had its hospitalists study staffing models to find a solution.
Blood transfusions and complications
This edition analyzes the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional hospital patient who had complications from a blood transfusion.
Questions and answers in periop medicine
Michael J. Maniaci, MD, ACP Member, reviewed data on cardiac and pulmonary perioperative exams and insulin and aspirin management at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
Taking the mystery out of falls
Donna M. Miller, MD, ACP Member, offered advice on diagnosing and preventing falls at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine 2017 conference.
Monkey medicine
You may feel like you've entered a zoo and your ward has become the primate house, so here are the terms you will need to be a successful hominid hospitalist.
Machine learning in the hospital
This issue also features coverage of aid-in-dying laws and Mayo Clinic's fall 2017 hospital medicine conference in Tucson, Ariz.
Alcohol use disorders
Learn the ICD-10-CM terminology and instructions and DSM-5 definitions needed to document alcohol use disorder.
Newly approved drug has a digital adherence tracker
Details on the latest warnings, recalls, and approvals.
Stroke imaging and AKI, beta-blockers after MI, and more.
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
Cases from the University of Connecticut
Acetaminophen overdose, refractory afib, critical aortic stenosis, and more.
Validity of hospital rankings for MI, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.