Search results for "specialists"
Hospitalist service successfully performed bone marrow aspiration and biopsies
A hospitalist procedure service at a tertiary care center provided 432 bone marrow aspiration and biopsies in 2016 to 2021, only 46 of which were unsuccessful and required referral for CT guidance.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/free/hospitalist-service-successfully-performed-bone-marrow-aspiration-and-biopsies.htm
26 Oct 2022
Prescribing democracy
Physicians have historically voted less than average, but some are working to increase voter engagement among their hospital colleagues and patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/prescribing-democracy.htm
19 Oct 2022
Inpatient diagnoses of cellulitis by generalists frequently incorrect, review finds
Dermatology or infectious diseases specialists reversed more than a third of generalist physicians' diagnoses of cellulitis in the hospital, with statis dermatitis being the most common alternative diagnosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/inpatient-diagnoses-of-cellulitis-by-generalists-frequently-incorrect-review-finds.htm
12 Oct 2022
A community hospital preps for critical events
Simulations with mannequins and actors helped hospitalists at one community hospital improve their readiness to treat critical inpatient events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/a-community-hospital-preps-for-critical-events.htm
21 Sep 2022
Do documentation improvement queries help?
Learn why you get so many queries these days and share your thoughts on them in a reader poll.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/free/do-documentation-improvement-queries-help.htm
7 Sep 2022
Revving up rural stroke response
Telehealth, helicopters, and hospitalists all have a part to play in reducing disparities in stroke outcomes, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/free/revving-up-rural-stroke-response.htm
7 Sep 2022
How much work is too much?
Researchers are working to identify the effects of heavy workload on hospitalists and their care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/free/how-much-work-is-too-much.htm
10 Aug 2022
Updating heart failure documentation
There are important differences between the 2021 universal definition of heart failure and ICD-10-CM terminology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/updating-heart-failure-documentation.htm
27 Jul 2022
Experts recommend criteria for referring heart failure patients to palliative care
The 25 criteria selected by a group of international experts were divided into six categories: advanced/refractory heart failure, comorbidities, and complications; advanced therapies; hospital utilization; prognosis; symptom burden/distress; and decision making/social support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/20/experts-recommend-criteria-for-referring-heart-failure-patients-to-palliative-care.htm
20 Jul 2022
Growing an HM division
Hospitalist leaders at some facilities have moved their groups out from under the umbrella of general internal medicine to launch divisions of hospital medicine, in what they see as an evolutionary step for the field.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/free/growing-an-hm-division.htm
13 Jul 2022