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Sort by: Relevance | Newest | OldestHospitalist presence didn't impact death, readmission rates for common conditions
Hospitals with hospitalists fared the same on mortality and readmission measures for three specific conditions as those without hospitalists, with one exception, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/06/20/1.htm
20 Jun 2012
Wanted: Small-town hospitalists
Hospitalists can bring some relief to short-staffed rural areas by taking over inpatient care. But as more rural communities consider implementing hospitalist programs, they find themselves faced with the same recruitment challenge that helped create the problem: a rural venue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/cover-story.htm
15 Dec 2007
Lab oversight important even for waived testing
Physicians should take steps to improve the testing done in their hospitals and offices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/qa.htm
15 Jan 2014
Physicians view other parties as responsible for reducing costs of health care, survey finds
Physicians believe other parties, including trial lawyers, health insurance companies, and hospitals and health systems, bear greater responsibility than they do for reducing health care costs, according to a recent survey.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/31/1.htm
31 Jul 2013
In the News
Aspirin after pancreas surgery, appropriate use criteria for noninvasive vascular tests, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/itn.htm
15 Nov 2013
Strategies for succeeding as an inpatient physician
Attendings should advocate that their time be protected to ensure that they can fulfill their primary responsibilities during the rotation: patient care and education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/medical.htm
15 May 2011
EVALI, rapid response, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020
Truly be the “PCP in the hospital”
When patients are most in need of a familiar face, they often must trust the stranger who was assigned to walk in their door. But it doesn't have to be that way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/perspectives-PCP.htm
15 Apr 2016
Data breaches, infective endocarditis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/in-the-news.htm
15 Mar 2020
PCPs in the hospital
Innovators are taking steps to help banish care discontinuity once and for all, with some especially focusing on the role of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/pcps-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Mar 2018