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Reflections on resident competencies

A reader responds to a recent research summary on trainees' confidence.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/23/reflections-on-resident-competencies.htm
23 Oct 2024

Allergic reactions in the hospital

Allergic reactions can be hard to detect because their presentation is often delayed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/allergies.htm
15 Sep 2012

COVID-19 research looks at effects and risks of potential drug therapies, proning

Trials offered inconclusive evidence about remdesivir, a pilot study found benefits to prone self-positioning for ED patients, and other research quantified the risk of QT prolongation with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin and provided reassurance about hypertension drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/1.htm
6 May 2020

Recent Research

Stroke readmissions, PICC use, career burnout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2014

Recent Research

Pneumonia after stroke, quetiapine for delirium, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/rr.htm
15 Jun 2013

Interventions at hospital discharge help transitions to primary care, but more research is needed

Certain interventions at hospital discharge appear to help improve handoffs to primary care, but more research is needed to determine how and why, a new study indicates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/19/5.htm
19 Sep 2012

Recent Research

Hyperglycemia guideline, in-hospital death rates, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/rr.htm
15 Apr 2012

Recent Research

Acid suppression benefits and harms, updated guidelines on uncomplicated UTIs, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/rr.htm
15 Aug 2011

Creating a better discharge summary

The discharge summary is a vital tool for transferring information between the hospitalist and primary care physician, but it isn’t always given the priority it deserves.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/discharge.htm
15 Mar 2009

AI-generated discharge summaries similar in quality to physician-written versions

Reviewers comparing discharge summaries for 100 patients that were generated by physicians or artificial intelligence (AI) did find more errors in the latter group, at a mean of 2.91 per summary versus 1.82.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/05/07/ai-generated-discharge-summaries-similar-in-quality-to-physician-written-versions.htm
7 May 2025

Milestone ratings system reduced bias against some underrepresented residents

Switching from the Resident Annual Evaluation Summary to the Milestone ratings system reduced bias for some groups that are underrepresented in medicine. However, substantial bias continued for U.S.-born Black residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/milestone-ratings-system-reduced-bias-against-some-underrepresented-residents.htm
3 Jan 2024

Good news on IL-6 inhibitors for COVID-19, bad news on other drugs, effects of surge

The NIH updated its guidelines; recent research looked at interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitors, ivermectin, remdesivir, and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19; and one study estimated that 23.2% of inpatient COVID-19 deaths last spring and summer could relate to hospital strain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/14/1.htm
14 Jul 2021

Diets, contrast injuries, and more

Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021

EVALI, rapid response, and more

Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020

AHRQ issues report on prevention of health care-associated infections

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued a new report on prevention of health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/12/12/3.htm
12 Dec 2012

Readmissions frequent, one-quarter related to new problem

Rates and causes of hospital readmissions, and the infrequency of follow-up care, were quantified in a new research brief from the National Institute for Health Care Reform.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/12/14/1.htm
14 Dec 2011

Improving handoffs through better communication

Research has shown that speakers systematically overestimate how well their messages are understood by listeners, and assume a listener has all the same knowledge they do. Verbal updates and read-backs can help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/handoffs.htm
15 Jul 2009

Breaking the fall: Preventing fractures after discharge

Hospitalization is a risk factor for falls, but also an opportunity for prevention. Recent research suggests that hospitalization is a risk factor for post-discharge fracture in elderly patients, prompting some hospitalists to consider what measures they can take to reduce fracture risk before these patients leave the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/falls.htm
15 Jan 2009

Update in hospital medicine highlights sepsis, community-acquired pneumonia

New research could help guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/update.htm
15 Jul 2008

Troponin levels in chronic kidney disease

Learn how to use cardiac troponins to diagnose acute coronary syndrome in chronic kidney disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/expert-analysis-troponin-levels-in-chronic-kidney-disease.htm
15 Feb 2020

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