Search results for "Education"
Hospital-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
An excerpt taken from Pulmonary Disorders of the Elderly, a new publication from ACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/pneumonia.htm
15 Oct 2007
Dialogue: Communication at discharge
Lee W. Roof, ACP Member, a primary care internist, and Dawn Brezina, ACP Member, a hospitalist, offer their perspectives on how hospitalists and PCPs can improve communication during handoffs at discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/improve-comm.htm
15 Oct 2007
Applying best evidence to perioperative assessment
Knowing what to look for is one key to determining risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/determine-risk.htm
15 Oct 2007
Better communication at the end of life
Form ensures dying patients' wishes are carried out as medical orders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/patient-wishes.htm
15 Oct 2007
Minneapolis bridge collapse tested local hospitals' emergency plans
Having a common command system in place was key to their swift response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/bridge.htm
15 Nov 2007
Three-step program improves depression in stroke patients
Hospitalists could play an important role in educating patients and families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/stroke.htm
15 Nov 2007
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
Journal watch
Recent studies about medical trainee errors, chlorhexidine intervention, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/journal.htm
15 Dec 2007
Physician shares the joys of rural medicine through mentoring
Only 18 miles separate the small city of Huntington, W.Va. (pop. 49,000), from the rural town of Wayne, W.Va. (pop. 1,105). But there is a much wider gulf in the character of the two communities, said Daniel Whitmore, ACP Member, who divides his time between both.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/mentor.htm
15 Dec 2007
A new Rx for crowded hospitals: Math
Operations management expert brings queuing theory to health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/math.htm
15 Dec 2007