Search results for "Patient Safety"
De-Mentored
Learn how not to mentor.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/free/newmans-notions-de-mentored.htm
15 Mar 2021
A lot to remember
Checklists can be an effective and efficient way to improve care, if the process is handled correctly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/checklists.htm
15 Sep 2010
Treating chest pain in 90 minutes or less
When a physician from a small town in Wyoming calls LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City about transferring a patient with chest pain, he'll probably talk to Dean A. Mayer, ACP Member.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/chest-pain.htm
15 Apr 2007
Measuring hospitalist workload
In hospital medicine, workload cannot simply be measured by hours on the clock, but must encompass more intangible factors such as the type of work, the acuity of patients, the time of day, etc. Hospitalist programs are taking a hard look at ways to distribute workload fairly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2013
Experts share stewardship successes, priorities
An executive vice president from The Joint Commission offers an update.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/12/qa-experts-share-stewardship-successes-priorities.htm
15 Dec 2019
Fewer catheters…fewer infections
The Michigan Health and Hospital Association reduced unnecessary use of catheters and thereby catheter-associated UTIs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/success.htm
15 May 2010
Lost in transition
Medication discrepancies between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are common. Learn why and what you can do about it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/snf.htm
15 Sep 2009
FUMBLE!
Football and hospital medicine are not so different.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/07/free/newmans-notions-fumble.htm
15 Jul 2020
Med rec can help curb ‘epidemic’ of adverse drug events
The problem affects 5% to 40% of hospitalized patients and 12% to 17% in the 30 days after discharge, an expert said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/med-rec-can-help-curb-epidemic-of-adverse-drug-events.htm
15 Jul 2018
Hospitals put rapid response systems into play
When Kendra K. Kay, ACP Member, joined Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., as the medical director of its hospitalist program, she didn't realize that she and the rest of her hospitalist team were just what the staff developing a rapid response system were waiting for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/03/rr.htm
15 Mar 2007