Search results for "Patient Safety"
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
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
Hospitals changing practices to curb opioid epidemic
Interventions include shorter prescriptions and closer monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/hospitals-changing-practices-to-curb-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Mar 2019
Antimicrobial stewardship, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2017
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
June 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/
Patient and physician hygiene go hand in hand
A recent study investigated the bugs on patients' hands.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/07/qa-patient-and-physician-hygiene-go-hand-in-hand.htm
15 Jul 2019
Hospital-acquired condition penalty program did not reduce conditions it targeted
Findings in one state raise questions about whether national value-based payment programs are effective in reducing hospital-acquired conditions and whether penalties under the program should be continued, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/2.htm
13 Nov 2019
Nominate a Top Hospitalist
ACP Hospitalist is currently seeking nominations for our 12th annual Top Hospitalists issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/26/5.htm
26 Jun 2019
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