Search results for "Handoffs"
Length of stay: Timing it right
Strategies for achieving efficient, high-quality care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/10/los.htm
15 Oct 2014
Handoff intervention reduces errors, adverse events at multiple hospitals
A handoff improvement program successfully reduced medical errors and preventable adverse events without slowing workflow, according to a study conducted at 9 pediatric hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/12/1.htm
12 Nov 2014
Nine transitional care interventions for heart failure may help optimize outcomes
Nine interventions for transitions of care in heart failure may assist in achieving optimal clinical and patient-centered outcomes, according to a scientific statement that addressed patient, hospital, and clinician barriers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/28/3.htm
28 Jan 2015
In the News
Malpractice claims, fenoldopam after cardiac surgery in acute kidney injury, beta-lactams and community-acquired pneumonia, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2015
When the census soars
Creative scheduling and on-call systems prevent surges from spiraling out of control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/hospital-census.htm
15 Feb 2015
Face-to-face handoffs didn't reduce adverse events
Patients whose hospitalists handed them off to another clinician in a face-to-face meeting had similar rates of adverse events and length of stay as those who didn't get face-to-face handoffs, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/11/1.htm
11 Mar 2015
In the News
Overuse of tests, reproductive-age women and opioids, counseling on sexual activity after MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2015
Hospital initiative bolsters weekend services, staff and decreases length of stay
One New York medical center's intervention, which increased weekend services and staffing, successfully reduced average length of stay and increased the number of weekend discharges, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/20/2.htm
20 May 2015
In the News
Septic shock, EHR access for inpatients, patient-centered medical home and hospitalizations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2015
In the News
Guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, hospital weekend services, low-risk chest pain patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2015