Search results for "Patient Safety"
High-value care, tele-ICUs, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2021
Patient, family engagement may help reduce falls during hospitalization
Implementation of the Fall Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety toolkit was associated with a 15% overall adjusted reduction in falls and an adjusted 34% reduction in injurious falls among adult inpatients at three U.S. academic medical centers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/5.htm
25 Nov 2020
Inpatient team structure affected resource utilization but not clinical outcomes
While a study found similar costs, length of stay, 30-day readmissions, and inpatient mortality among teams with hospitalists, advanced practice clinicians, or residents at one academic medical center, hospitalist teams discharged patients more efficiently with fewer consults.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/4.htm
25 Nov 2020
Daylight saving time and medical errors
‘Springing forward’ and ‘falling back’ both pose risks to patients, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/qa-daylight-saving-time-and-medical-errors.htm
15 Nov 2020
Excess days in acute care may improve performance measurement for hospitals
A study found that replacing 30-day readmission rates with a measure of excess days in acute care would change about a quarter of penalties for targeted conditions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2020
Work hours, cardiac rehab, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2020
EVALI, rapid response, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2020
Nocturnists and residents
Internal medicine residents were surveyed about overnight supervision.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/qa-nocturnists-and-residents.htm
15 Sep 2020
Training meets pandemic
Academic medicine adapted rapidly to COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/training-meets-pandemic.htm
15 Aug 2020
Finding new ways to teach procedures
Simulation is part of the current model for procedure training.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/finding-new-ways-to-teach-procedures.htm
15 Aug 2020