Search results for "Emergency Medicine"
Disaster preparedness
A recent Institute of Medicine report said too few health care facilities have established indicators to guide decisions during crises.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/disaster.htm
15 Feb 2014
Standardized rounds, antibiotics and acute kidney injury, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2017
Dealing with drug-seeking behavior
Hospitalists must discern true drug-seeking behavior from a straightforward desire for pain relief.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 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
Surge capacity: Is your hospital prepared?
On Sept. 11, 2001, within minutes of the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan in New York City activated its emergency external disaster plan.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/surge.htm
15 Jan 2007
In the News
GME financing and workforce needs, antibiotic stewardship programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2016
Dear blog, my patients are nuts. Signed, anonymous
Dear blog, my patients are nuts. Signed, anonymous.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/blog.htm
15 Apr 2008
A phone call puts patients in the right place
Collaboration includes hospitalists, ED, and patient placement manager.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/patient-placement.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
A simple plan for complex patients
Care plans guide treatment of high utilizers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/care-plans-superutilizers.htm
15 Jul 2015