Search results for "Handoffs"
Patient navigator program reduces length of stay
A 442-bed acute care urban academic health center in Toronto decreased length of stay by improving patient-physician communication and handoffs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/success-story-length-of-stay.htm
15 Nov 2015
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2015 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/top-hospitalists-2015.htm
15 Nov 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue features our 2015 Top Hospitalists, along with a feature on detecting human trafficking and an Expert Analysis on malignant bowel obstruction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/lfe.htm
15 Nov 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
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
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
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
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
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