Search results for "Procedures"
What to say when sharing serious news
Two palliative care experts at CONVERGE outlined common tactics and phrases to avoid in conversations with patients and families and recommended some alternatives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/19/what-to-say-when-sharing-serious-news.htm
19 Apr 2023
A framework for team problem solving
A hospitalist discovered some useful principles while working to improve throughput.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/a-framework-for-team-problem-solving.htm
15 Sep 2020
Retain physicians with these 10 tools
A program leader offered strategies and processes to keep hospitalists on board and moving up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/retain-physicians-with-these-10-tools.htm
12 Apr 2023
POCUS catches on
Credentialing and training hospitalists to use handheld ultrasounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/pocus-catches-on.htm
15 Aug 2017
Top Docs
Our fourth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes leaders and teachers, innovators and mentors, researchers and pioneers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2011
Postop deaths, sepsis projects
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2020
Inpatient insulin: Secrets to smoother switches
Irl B. Hirsch, MD, MACP, offers tips for moving patients to formulary options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/inpatient-insulin-secrets-to-smoother-switches.htm
15 Aug 2020
Facing feeding tubes
Evidence and guidelines are against feeding tubes for patients with advanced dementia, but practice often differs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/facing-feeding-tubes.htm
15 Feb 2019
Meet Our 2019 Top Hospitalists
The 2019 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/meet-our-top-hospitalists-2019.htm
15 Nov 2019
To home or SNF?
Few tools and competing incentives make discharge decisions challenging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/to-home-or-snf.htm
15 Sep 2019