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Welcome to ACP Hospitalist
Welcome to ACP Hospitalist, a new monthly publication for physicians in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/welcome.htm
15 Jan 2007
Harnessing the power of the Web
A decade ago, many hospitals plunged into the nascent Web marketing trend by offering online access to basic information such as location, medical specialties, facility information and the institution's mission statement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/mark.htm
15 Jan 2007
Put more than money on the table when recruiting hospitalists
Despite statistics showing that hospitalists are the nation's fastest-growing medical specialty-the Society of Hospital Medicine estimates that the current pool of 15,000 U.S.-based hospitalists will double by 2010-recruiting and retention remain major challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/recruiting.htm
15 Feb 2007
Test yourself: Acute coronary syndromes
A 53-year-old obese man is admitted to the hospital with the acute coronary syndrome... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/test-yourself.htm
15 Feb 2007
Hospitals put rapid response systems into play
When Kendra K. Kay, ACP Member, joined Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., as the medical director of its hospitalist program, she didn't realize that she and the rest of her hospitalist team were just what the staff developing a rapid response system were waiting for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2007
Tips to creating a successful hospitalist program
New hospitalist programs are being developed rapidly; 2,000 programs in the 10 years since the concept was born.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/program.htm
15 Mar 2007
Treating chest pain in 90 minutes or less
When a physician from a small town in Wyoming calls LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City about transferring a patient with chest pain, he'll probably talk to Dean A. Mayer, ACP Member.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/chest-pain.htm
15 Apr 2007
Primer: Stroke
Stroke is a sudden focal neurologic deficit caused by either ischemia (80% to 85% of all strokes) or hemorrhage (15% to 20% of all strokes).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/stroke-primer.htm
15 Apr 2007
Assessing unhealthy alcohol use in hospitalized patients
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) estimates that 3 in 10 Americans drink enough to put them at risk for health problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/unhealthy-drinkers.htm
15 Apr 2007
Making sense of stents
Hospitalists are sorting through new evidence that patients who get drug-eluting stents are at risk for potentially deadly stent thrombosis for months, even years, after the devices are implanted. That's added new layers to medical and surgical decision making and put more pressure on hospitalists to facilitate communication among doctors and patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/05/best-practices.htm
15 May 2007