Search results for "Clinical medicine"
Agreeing on an ending
Hospitalists struggle with end-of-life-care disputes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/end.htm
15 Nov 2010
Digging up and dealing with inpatient depression
Accurately diagnosing depression in a medically ill person can be tricky, but hospitalists can take steps to improve inpatient and postdischarge mental health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/digging-up-and-dealing-with-inpatient-depression.htm
15 Mar 2018
Clinicians and the care of sexual minorities
An excerpt from “The Fenway Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health,”� new from ACP Press.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/book.htm
15 May 2008
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
When hiring midlevels, proceed with caution
The very first thing a service needs to do before hiring midlevels is sit down to determine its goals and scope, then figure out the best way to staff for those goals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/cover.htm
15 Apr 2009
Hospitalist involvement needed to treat opioid epidemic
Despite rising admissions related to opioid use disorder, few hospitalists are obtaining the expertise to prescribe medications for addiction. Experts say they should.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/hospitalist-treat-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Oct 2017
The imperfection of ICU admission decisions
ICU clinicians and experts continue to hunt for methods to make intensive care high quality and high value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/the-imperfection-of-icu-admission-decisions.htm
15 Feb 2019
Fighting resistance in the ICU
Ongoing growth in antibiotic resistance has highlighted both the importance and the challenge of frontline stewardship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/fighting-resistance-in-the-icu.htm
15 Mar 2019
Who should receive inferior vena cava filters?
Consults, new data can help hospitalists decide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/inferior-vena-cava-filters.htm
15 Aug 2016
Preventing AKI
Everyone wants to do it, but how?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/preventing-acute-kidney-injury.htm
15 Dec 2015