Search results for "Rapid Response"
Tech talks offer a vision of the future
Computer advances, from artificial intelligence to interoperability, will significantly change hospitalist practice, two experts agreed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/tech-talks-offer-a-vision-of-the-future.htm
15 Jun 2018
EHR-based trigger detects preventable adverse events
A trigger flagged admissions, leading reviewers to detect preventable adverse events including diagnostic errors and care management-related events.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/04/success-story-ehr-trigger-detects-preventable-adverse-events.htm
15 Apr 2018
No improvement in inpatient mortality associated with increase in emergency calls
Rates of emergency (or rapid-response) calls varied month to month from 9.21 to 30.69 per 1,000 discharges in one Australian hospital, and there was no association between call rates and inpatient mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/11/4.htm
11 Apr 2018
MI performance measures, health literacy and LOS, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2018
When patients wander
Hospitals need detailed policies on patient elopement to avoid this sentinel event and protocols for responding when it does happen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/when-patients-wander.htm
15 Feb 2018
Let the computer figure it out
Researchers look at how machine learning could change hospital care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/machine-learning-computer-figure-out.htm
15 Jan 2018
‘Warm handoffs,’ rapid response calls
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2017
Fluid balance, MI rule-out, anticoagulation after hemorrhage, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/recent-research.htm
15 Sep 2017
Improvement seen in survival differences by race after in-hospital cardiac arrest
The reduction in survival difference by race appeared to be linked to elimination of racial differences in survival of acute resuscitation, while differences in postresuscitation survival persisted.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/16/4.htm
16 Aug 2017
Rapid response calls decrease overnight, followed by an early morning spike in mortality
According to the authors, the results suggest that failure to rescue deteriorating patients is more common overnight and strategies aimed at improving rapid response team utilization during these hours may improve patient outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/02/1.htm
2 Aug 2017