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Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
Risk-assessment tool makes sure clots are prevented whenever possible
A hospitalist creates a program to teach VTE prophylaxis, and then teaches others to spread the word.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/tool.htm
15 Nov 2008
Calling for backup before it's needed
Failure to rescue, the failure to identify patients with critical abnormalities and provide the resources necessary to prevent harm, was one of the top three preventable errors found in hospitals in 2004-2006, accounting for 17% of total errors. Experts offer their solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/rescue.htm
15 Nov 2008
Windshield time and North Dakota nice
Despite having one of the country's lowest reimbursement rates, North Dakota offers above average scores on access, quality, utilization, equity and health outcomes in recent rankings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/dakota.htm
15 Nov 2008
Measure of the month: coronary artery disease
Measure of the month: Coronary artery disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/measure.htm
15 Nov 2008
On the blog
The staff of ACP Internist and ACP Hospitalist update our blog daily with news about medical research and practice management, as well as onsite coverage of major medical conferences. On the lighter side, our “Medical news of the obviousâ€ï¿½ each Monday points out studies that fail to pass the “so what?â€ï¿½ test. Read a sampling of posts that appeared on the blog over the past month.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/blog.htm
15 Dec 2008
Measure of the month: stroke and stroke rehabilitation
Measure of the month: stroke and stroke rehabilitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/measure.htm
15 Dec 2008
Teaming up to fight superbugs
Antimicrobial stewardship teams ramp up the fight against “superbugs.” The battle with drug-resistant bacteria has evolved into an all-out war in many hospitals, and fighting back with newer drugs no longer seems like the best defensive strategy. Instead, hospitals are deploying multidisciplinary teams to spread the word about prevention through judicious use of antibiotics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/cover.htm
15 Jan 2009
Mindful medicine: Challenges of treating the physician-patient
Jeffrey Cohn, ACP Member, told us about a case he had seen as a hematology/oncology fellow while at Emory University.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/mindful.htm
15 Jan 2009
Letter from the editor
Overprescribing of antibiotics is often cited as a chief culprit behind the rising threat of “superbugâ€ï¿½ infections, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/editor.htm
15 Jan 2009