Search results for "Emergency Medicine"
Spotting delirium
Quick screening tools may help hospitalists identify more patients at risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/delirium-screening.htm
15 Mar 2016
Tweaking rapid response teams
Automation, new team members improving outcomes at some hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/rapid-response-teams.htm
15 Sep 2015
Making room for more patients
Peter Viccellio, MD, still remembers the day, month and year when he had an epiphany that changed his hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/02/open-beds.htm
15 Feb 2007
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/cover.htm
15 Aug 2008
Three steps to addressing, and possibly avoiding, return ED visits
Clear communication with patients is needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/readmissions.htm
15 Dec 2014
Physicians identify many of their own admissions as preventable
Differences in risk assessment and training between ED and medicine were reported to be factors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/qa-physicians-identify-many-of-their-own-admissions-as-preventable.htm
15 Jul 2018
Under the same umbrella
Pros and cons of integrated hospitalist/ED staffing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/integrated-hospitalist-ED.htm
15 Nov 2016
Recreational marijuana legalization brings new challenges for health care
Hospitalists in Colorado deal with wider use and new forms of marijuana.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/marijuana.htm
15 May 2015
Heed the indicators of in-hospital cardiac arrest
The key to reducing deaths from in-hospital cardiac arrest may be preventing them from occurring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/heed-the-indicators-of-in-hospital-cardiac-arrest.htm
15 Sep 2018
ACC pathway offers guidance on managing patients presenting to the ED with chest pain
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) assessed the available clinical decision pathways for chest pain and advised on the use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin to avoid unnecessary testing in patients at low risk for acute coronary syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/free/acc-pathway-offers-guidance-on-managing-patients-presenting-to-the-ed-with-chest-pain.htm
19 Oct 2022