Search results for "Technology"
DocBOT
Does the patient need a diuretic, or a cat meme?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/docbot.htm
4 Dec 2024
Reflections on a future past
After medicine makes the transition from the electronic record to the subdermal medical chart, what will you do when your devices are down?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/reflections-on-a-future-past.htm
4 Dec 2024
The vibes were off
Gen Z brings their slang, and more, to hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/the-vibes-were-off.htm
4 Dec 2024
Telehospitalist program reduced length of stay at a rural VHA hospital, study finds
Readmission rates did not improve with telemedicine, but patients and clinicians at both the hub and spoke hospitals were highly satisfied with a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) telehospitalist pilot program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2021
A bright future for hospital medicine
An optimistic vision of 2124 has hospitalists harmonizing technology and humanity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/04/a-bright-future-for-hospital-medicine.htm
4 Dec 2024
Pandemic lessons, VTE prediction, and COVID-19 effects on other inpatients
One hospital reduced unnecessary labs during the pandemic, while another collected nine lessons to improve health care. Other recent studies looked at venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 inpatients and mortality rates among patients hospitalized for other conditions during last year's surges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/28/1.htm
28 Jul 2021
For BSI, seven days of antibiotics noninferior to 14 days, even in ICU patients
Ninety-day mortality was 14.5% among patients randomized to seven days of antibiotics for a bloodstream infection (BSI) compared to 16.1% in those assigned to 14 days of medication, a large international trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/27/for-bsi-seven-days-of-antibiotics-noninferior-to-14-days-even-in-icu-patients.htm
27 Nov 2024
July 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/
Machine learning model identified predictors of in-hospital mortality on admission
While the model was accurate in retrospective and prospective validation cohorts at multiple hospitals, it is unknown whether these predictions will improve clinical or operational outcomes, study authors noted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2020
July 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/