Search results for "Patient Safety"
Documenting and treating pressure ulcers
A wound care expert reviewed the stages of pressure ulcers (or injuries).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/documenting-and-treating-pressure-ulcers.htm
15 Jun 2018
Just say no to lengthy NPOs
A system change shortened patients' fasting before bronchoscopy or cardiac catheterization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/success-story-no-to-lengthy-npos.htm
15 Jun 2018
EHR-based trigger detects preventable adverse events
A trigger flagged admissions, leading reviewers to detect preventable adverse events including diagnostic errors and care management-related events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/success-story-ehr-trigger-detects-preventable-adverse-events.htm
15 Apr 2018
National survey finds that 50% of large IM residency programs have hospitalist rotations
Most of the hospitalist rotations were one month in duration and included second- and/or third-year residents. The length of existence of the rotations ranged from one to 15 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/04/2.htm
4 Apr 2018
Flexible duty-hour policies associated with higher dissatisfaction among interns
Flexible policies that did not limit shift length or specify mandatory time off between shifts were not associated with any significant changes in the percentages of time that interns spent on direct patient care and education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/28/1.htm
28 Mar 2018
Preventing physician suicide
New efforts seek to reduce stigma among clinicians about mental illness and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/preventing-physician-suicide.htm
15 Mar 2018
Creating a universal suicide screening program
One hospital built an algorithm for suicide screening into its electronic health record.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/success-story-universal-suicide-screening.htm
15 Mar 2018
A prescription for medication errors
A simplified approach to medication adherence could lead to better outcomes, according to two physicians who propose steps for clinicians and the health care system to prevent adverse medication events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/perspectives-prescription-for-medication-errors.htm
15 Mar 2018
When patients wander
Hospitals need detailed policies on patient elopement to avoid this sentinel event and protocols for responding when it does happen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/when-patients-wander.htm
15 Feb 2018
Monkey medicine
You may feel like you've entered a zoo and your ward has become the primate house, so here are the terms you will need to be a successful hominid hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/newmans-notions-monkey-medicine.htm
15 Jan 2018