Search results for "Disparities"
Fecal transplants, contrast, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2020
Residents reimagine anti-racism curriculum
A new Race, Bias, and Advocacy in Medicine pathway gave trainees an opening to focus on these issues.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/residents-reimagine-anti-racism-curriculum.htm
15 May 2021
In the News
Report: Many elderly take inappropriate prescription drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/itn.htm
15 Jul 2008
In the news
AHA recommendations on decreasing drug errors, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2010
Safety-net hospitals, C. diff colonization
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2019
Thoracic meeting offers research on ICU and pulmonary diseases
Thoracic meeting offers research on ICU and pulmonary diseasesAntibiotic resistance lasts up to a year
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/05/26/1.htm
26 May 2010
A mix of the suspected and the surprising at annual stroke meeting
Studies focus on treatment, symptoms and awareness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/stroke.htm
15 May 2008
Medicare readmission penalties examined
Advice is given on how hospitals and clinicians can avoid the pitfalls of the penalty program, and how policymakers could change it to operate more effectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/readmission.htm
15 Mar 2014
Forehead thermometers may be less accurate than oral thermometers in Black patients
Compared with oral thermometry, temperature measurement with a temporal artery thermometer was associated with significantly lower odds of detecting fever in Black patients but not in White patients, a retrospective cross-sectional study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/free/forehead-thermometers-may-be-less-accurate-than-oral-thermometers-in-black-patients.htm
14 Sep 2022
Consider country, culture when caring for Latino patients
Ask open-ended questions, consider barriers to care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/latino-patients.htm
15 Jun 2014