Search results for "Conference coverage"
Why doctors fight
One of the biggest challenges in getting physicians to work together cooperatively is the fact that they have never been trained to do so.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/fight.htm
15 Dec 2010
Avoiding common compliance pitfalls
Adhering to privacy rules and other compliance areas can be difficult in the fast-paced world of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/compliance.htm
15 Dec 2010
MGMA surveys show practice ownership, EHRs affect revenue
Hospitalist-owned practices and the specialist physicians employed by them report lower revenue than practices not owned by hospitals or integrated delivery systems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/MGMA.htm
15 Dec 2010
IHI forum covers palliative care access, sepsis treatment, rapid response teams
Access to palliative care, sepsis mortality reduction and rapid response team effectiveness were a few of the quality of care issues addressed last week at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 22nd annual National Forum.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/15/3.htm
15 Dec 2010
Careful catheter care reduces cost, complications
The U.S. spends an estimated $2 billion annually on treating catheter-associated bloodstream infections. Learn how to help lower those costs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/catheter.htm
15 Feb 2011
Hands-on workshops abound at Waxman Clinical Skills Center
Internal Medicine 2011 attendees can practice intubation and central line placement, among other procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/waxman.htm
15 Feb 2011
Hospital medicine precourse: From admission to discharge
This new course offers cutting-edge information on hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/precourse.htm
15 Feb 2011
Conference coverage: potential benefits, limitations of ACO model discussed
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) were the topic of much speculation and debate at two recent conferences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/16/2.htm
16 Feb 2011
Integrating palliative care into the ICU
Palliative care, rapid response teams, and sepsis were a few of the topics covered at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 22nd annual National Forum.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/03/ihi.htm
15 Mar 2011
Discussing prognosis
Physicians not only overestimate prognosis, many consciously present a more optimistic prognosis to patients than they privately believe.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/prognosis.htm
15 May 2011