Search results for "Patient Safety"
Red flags help hospitalists spot human trafficking
Hospitalization presents an opportunity to intervene and stop exploitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/human-trafficking.htm
15 Nov 2015
Guarding against CAUTI
Are efforts to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections worth the cost?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/CAUTI.htm
15 May 2015
IV drug shortages present challenges, opportunities
Hospitals contend with shortages of IV opioids and parenteral solutions, but find silver lining of improved opioid prescribing practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/09/iv-drug-shortages-present-challenges-opportunities.htm
15 Sep 2018
April 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/04/
The Hospital Game Show Network
Get ready to compete.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/newmans-notions-the-hospital-game-show-network.htm
15 Nov 2019
Another way to detect breakdowns in care
A program encouraged patients to report problems that arose during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/another-way-to-detect-breakdowns-in-care.htm
15 Aug 2020
Invasive strategy superior to conservative strategy in elderly with NSTEMI or unstable angina, study finds
Patients were at least 80 years of age and were randomly assigned to early coronary angiography with immediate percutaneous coronary intervention assessment, coronary artery bypass grafting, and optimum medical treatment, or a conservative strategy of optimum medical treatment only.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/2.htm
27 Jan 2016
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
The Phantom of the Operation, and other tales from the crypt-ococcus
Catch up on the horrors of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/newmans-notions-the-phantom-of-the-operation.htm
15 Oct 2019
Top Docs
Meet our 2014 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2014