Search results for "Diagnostics"
Same hospital, different quality
Medicaid beneficiaries have more patient safety events than privately insured patients at the same facilities. A researcher talks about why that might be and what hospitalists can do.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/free/same-hospital-different-quality.htm
18 Dec 2024
What works, what doesn't for diagnosing meningitis, encephalitis
An expert at IDWeek offered advice on managing viral, bacterial, and autoimmune infections—including how to tell them apart.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/what-works-what-doesnt-for-diagnosing-meningitis-encephalitis.htm
18 Dec 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
Expert clinical decision pathway details diagnosis, management of myocarditis
The guidance from the American College of Cardiology includes a five-step care pathway for myocarditis, including strategies for diagnosis, risk stratification, and surveillance, and proposes four new stages of disease classification.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/18/expert-clinical-decision-pathway-details-diagnosis-management-of-myocarditis.htm
18 Dec 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
Handoffs led to identification of diagnostic errors in single-center study
Hospitalists who took over care from a physician going off service were surveyed about the diagnoses of handed-off patients; 18.2% of the patients had a diagnosis change, and in 5.8% of cases, there appeared to have been a diagnostic error.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/23/handoffs-led-to-identification-of-diagnostic-errors-in-single-center-study.htm
23 Oct 2024
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
High-sensitivity troponin reduced the cascade of cardio interventions after chest pain
An analysis of ED patients found an increase in repeat troponin testing and EKGs, but reductions in CT scans, stress tests, cardiology evaluations, and hospitalizations associated with implementation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/23/4.htm
23 Jun 2021
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
January 17, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/