Search results for "Patient Safety"
Transfusion thresholds, bedside rounding
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2017
Say no to antipsychotics and bed alarms for older patients
Some well-intentioned but misguided interventions may harm geriatric inpatients more than they help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/inpatient-interventions-for-older-patients.htm
15 Jul 2017
Postprocedural respiratory failure
How to properly make and document the diagnosis of respiratory failure following surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/coding-postprocedural-respiratory-failure.htm
15 Jul 2017
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/5.htm
12 Jul 2017
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
The deadline to suggest a Top Hospitalist for 2017 is July 28, 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/28/5.htm
28 Jun 2017
What happens when patients call their own rapid response?
A hospital finds surprising results from safety initiative.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/qa-rapid-response.htm
15 Jun 2017
Our Internal Medicine Meeting issue
Learn about alcohol withdrawal, opioid prescribing, decompensated heart failure, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2017
Coding malnutrition
A reader responds to the Coding Corner on malnutrition, published in our January issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/letters-to-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2017
Digital tools help patients find their way
Hospitals offer wayfinding apps for patients and staff.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/wayfinding-apps.htm
15 May 2017
Specific components of antimicrobial stewardship programs associated with improvements
Effective components included postgraduate physician/pharmacy training programs, order sets specific to antimicrobials, systematic de-escalation review, pharmacists and/or infectious disease (ID) attendings on acute care ward teams, and formal ID training of pharmacists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2017