Search results for "Health Care Costs"
When hospitalists marry: A boon for work-life balance
On-call hours and the unpredictability of many medical specialties can leave married physicians as ships passing in the night—or the front hallway. Yet by working as hospitalists in the same practice, some doctors are able to take care of families and spend quality time together.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/balance.htm
15 Oct 2008
Q&A: Lowering hospital readmissions by improving care transitions
The Hospital to Home program targets changes by 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2009
Comforting the chronically ill
David K. Jones, MD, takes palliative care up a notch.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/profile.htm
15 Jan 2010
ACP announces high-value, cost-conscious care initiative
Vote for your favorite entry
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/28/3.htm
28 Apr 2010
Oral low-dose steroids yield similar outcomes as high-dose IV steroids for COPD exacerbations
Emergency department visits up for nonmedical use of opioids, benzodiazepines
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/2.htm
23 Jun 2010
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
Tigecycline gets warning for mortality riskRecall of Huber needles due to risk of coring
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/15/5.htm
15 Sep 2010
C-reactive protein alone is sufficient to diagnose inflammatory disorders
New reports signal health care costs for this decade
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/15/4.htm
15 Sep 2010
Too much of a good thing?
Possible overuse of CTs is currently attracting attention from payers, regulators and politicians, but may be dealt with most simply by individual physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ct.htm
15 Dec 2010
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/jw.htm
15 Jan 2011
Central line infections in ICUs fell 58% between 2001 and 2009
Central line-associated bloodstream infections in ICUs dropped 58% between 2001 and 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last week.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/09/2.htm
9 Mar 2011