Search results for "Chronic Disease"
In the News
Best practice advice on PE, contamination of protective gear, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2015
Fight IBD flares without errors
Challenges in inpatient care for inflammatory bowel disease are common, and they include choosing the right medications to manage pain and knowing when to consult other clinicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/fight-ibd-flares-without-errors.htm
15 Feb 2018
Intervention reduced medication burden in older patients discharged to postacute care
The single-center study randomized patients to either usual care or a pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led medication review, patient/surrogate-approved deprescribing recommendations, and deprescribing actions initiated in the hospital and continued in postacute care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/08/intervention-reduced-medication-burden-in-older-patients-discharged-to-postacute-care.htm
8 Feb 2023
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2015 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/top-hospitalists-2015.htm
15 Nov 2015
Hospitalist involvement needed to treat opioid epidemic
Despite rising admissions related to opioid use disorder, few hospitalists are obtaining the expertise to prescribe medications for addiction. Experts say they should.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/hospitalist-treat-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Oct 2017
In the News
Multivitamins after first heart attack, acetylcysteine for acetaminophen poisoning, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/itn.htm
15 Apr 2014
Hopes and fears abound at National Bundled Payment Summit
Speakers were optimistic about the potential to reduce health care costs without decreasing profits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/summit.htm
15 Jan 2012
Utility of the anemia index in investigating the ‘3S's' of anemia
A case-based report examines the ideal workup.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/expert-analysis-anemia.htm
15 Jul 2015
Challenges in combating COPD readmissions
Experts report on bundled payments and other efforts targeting COPD hospital costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/challenges-in-combating-copd-readmissions.htm
15 Aug 2019
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/mobile-apps.htm
15 Dec 2015