Search results for "Patient Safety"
Resisting ransomware
Health care searches for solutions as hackers target hospital data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/ransomware-hospitals.htm
15 Oct 2016
In the News
Delayed ICU transfer, updated quality and performance measures for afib, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2016
Beyond the M&M
Hospitals review every death to flag problems, jump-start quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/morbidity-mortality-conference.htm
15 Sep 2016
Get patients moving in, and out of, the hospital
Two 24-bed general medicine units at the Johns Hopkins Hospital tackled inpatient mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/success-story-mobility.htm
15 Sep 2016
Following the focused practice pathway
Hospitalists discuss pros and cons of recertification option.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/focused-practice-hospital-medicine.htm
15 Sep 2016
High ICU utilization for 4 common conditions may drive up costs without improving mortality, study finds
The retrospective cohort study ranked 94 hospitals in Washington State and Maryland by their predicted ICU utilization rates for adult patients hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis, pulmonary embolism, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and congestive heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/10/1.htm
10 Aug 2016
Delays in ICU transfer increase mortality, LOS, but early warning score may help, study finds
Researchers retrospectively applied the previously published electronic Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (eCART) score, which utilizes demographics, vital signs, and laboratory data as an objective measure of critical illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/2.htm
13 Jul 2016
ACC, AHA release updated performance, quality measures for afib
The performance measures include 3 that are specific to inpatient care: documentation of risk scoring, an anticoagulation prescription, and a follow-up plan for warfarin management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2016
In the News
Regionalized care teams and patient safety, guidelines for enteral nutrition in the critically ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2016
Fixing, not fighting, electronic systems
Even health IT experts get angry at their electronic medical records, but the solution is to work with your computers rather than toss them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/fixing-EHRs.htm
15 May 2016