Search results for "Diagnostics"
Hospitals' uptake of recommended interventions to reduce diagnostic errors relatively low
Ensuring access to medical interpreters and radiologists was common, while convening a multidisciplinary team focused on diagnostic safety and quality and training clinicians to optimize clinical reasoning in the diagnostic process were among the least commonly implemented practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/28/hospitals-uptake-of-interventions-to-reduce-diagnostic-errors-relatively-low-survey-finds.htm
28 Aug 2024
Adapt to autism
Awareness and a few simple changes can allow hospitalists to improve care for inpatients with the common neurodevelopmental condition.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/21/adapt-to-autism.htm
21 Aug 2024
Troponin and other diagnostic tests recalled
A number of cardiovascular diagnostic tests are being recalled for possible inaccuracy of their results, the FDA announced last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/07/18/5.htm
18 Jul 2012
Retrenching against resistance
An infectious diseases expert weighs in on CDC statistics showing a worrisome trend in hospital-associated drug-resistant infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/28/retrenching-against-resistance.htm
28 Aug 2024
Molecular rapid diagnostic testing outperforms conventional methods in bloodstream infections
Patients who received molecular rapid diagnostic testing had significantly lower odds of mortality when it was used with an antibiotic stewardship program, but not when it was used without stewardship, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/05/1.htm
5 Oct 2016
Updated COVID-19 vaccines approved
The FDA also authorized marketing of a molecular-based assay to detect colonization with Candida auris, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/28/updated-covid-19-vaccines-approved.htm
28 Aug 2024
August 28, 2024
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Replace diagnostic errors with excellence
Five strategies can help hospitalists achieve diagnostic excellence, a researcher says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/24/free/replace-diagnostic-errors-with-excellence.htm
24 May 2023
Cardiac societies release guideline on evaluation, diagnosis of chest pain
The recommendations from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, with support from other societies, provide algorithms for assessing and diagnosing chest pain in adults and offer 10 take-home points, including on use of testing and imaging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/11/10/3.htm
10 Nov 2021
Rapid diagnostics, antimicrobial stewardship both needed for optimal BSI management
Mortality, length of stay, and time to optimal therapy improved when rapid diagnostic tests were used together with conventional blood cultures in antimicrobial stewardship programs for patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/08/rapid-diagnostics-antimicrobial-stewardship-both-needed-for-optimal-bsi-management.htm
8 May 2024