Search results for "Handoffs"
Useless charts and fresh eyes in handoffs
The medical record is not all that helpful when you don't know a patient and have to make a quick, on-the-spot decision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/blog.htm
15 Sep 2011
Not just another satisfaction survey
A survey asks patients what they didn't like about their hospital stays, and gets some interesting answers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2011
Improving handoffs from the ED
Just because disagreement between hospitalists and emergency physicians is natural, it's not necessarily unavoidable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/ED.htm
15 Oct 2011
Letter from the Editor
Some of this issue's topics include drug shortages, ED handoffs and coding for prolonged evaluation and management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/lfe.htm
15 Oct 2011
No sleep till Brooklyn
A veteran hospitalist reflects on work hour limits for residents.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/10/blog.htm
15 Oct 2011
The latest issue is online
The October issue of ACP Hospitalist is online. It includes feature articles on drug shortages and getting along with the emergency department, and a humorous tale of personal illness from editorial advisor Jamie Newman, MD, FACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/19/5.htm
19 Oct 2011
Inpatient continuity of care declined in decade ending in 2006
Inpatients experienced a decline in continuity of care between 1996 and 2006, but the hospitalist model doesn't seem to be to blame, the authors of a new analysis concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/19/1.htm
19 Oct 2011
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Put a number on it: Rating patient acuity
The University of Chicago Medical Center found a reliable way to transmit vital information about patient status.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/success.htm
15 Dec 2011
Lost in transit
Even when errors didn't occur, communication patterns appeared less than ideal.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/qa.htm
15 Jan 2012