Search results for "Emergency Medicine"
In the News
HCAP guidelines, PCI and STEMI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/itn.htm
15 May 2010
Hospital medicine in Portugal
Our editorial advisor reports from the 16th National Portuguese Congress of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/newman.htm
15 Jul 2010
Hypertensive emergencies
Not everyone with extremely high blood pressure meets the criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/hypertensive.htm
15 Oct 2010
Learning to learn: Simulators are easy, inexpensive to make
Create, then treat, your own simulated abscess.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/simulators.htm
15 Oct 2010
Pocket-sized procedures
Ultrasound images, formerly only available from machines weighing hundreds of pounds and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, can now be viewed on devices significantly smaller in both size and price.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/ultrasounds.htm
15 May 2011
Market forces are main drivers behind emergency department closures
Nonrural hospitals most likely to close their emergency departments (EDs) are smaller, for-profit institutions that have safety-net status and are in the lowest quartile of profit margins, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/5.htm
25 May 2011
Observation moves faster with dedicated hospitalists
Clinicians at University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, opened a Clinical Decision Unit to improve care efficiency for observation patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/success.htm
15 Jun 2011
Seven on/seven off: Readers respond
Readers respond to a recent opinion piece on seven on/seven off scheduling.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/lte.htm
15 Jul 2011
Most hospital-based specialists work longer hours than physicians in ambulatory settings
Specialists who care for more acutely ill patients work longer hours than those who care for more stable, chronically ill patients—though hospitalists are an exception, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/20/2.htm
20 Jul 2011
Rebuilding from ruin
Hospitalists and others at St. John's Regional Medical Center and the surrounding community worked together to recover from catastrophe.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2011