Search results for "Rapid Response"
Clinical prediction rule developed, validated for pneumonia after CABG
Clinical prediction rule developed, validated for pneumonia after CABG Rapid response teams don't appear to lower mortality for adults
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/01/27/1.htm
27 Jan 2010
Learning from the best
Interviewing personnel at “best” and “worst” hospitals yielded some interesting findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/qa.htm
15 Aug 2011
Cuba is just across the water, but medically, a different world
A physician discusses his experiences in Cuba.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/cuba.htm
15 Sep 2010
Hospital medicine around the world
The field is catching on in several countries outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Although the health care systems and situations may differ, supporters’ reasons for wanting hospital medicine to flourish there are often the same, and the barriers are often similar, as well.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/world.htm
15 Jul 2009
CME credits available in patient safety supplement
A supplement to the March 5 Annals of Internal Medicine, which offers 11 CME credits, focuses on a recent Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality–funded project, “Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/06/6.htm
6 Mar 2013
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
A real-time reminder to stop telemetry
Physicians are automatically alerted when telemetry exceeds a recommended duration and asked to take action.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/success-story-a-real-time-reminder-to-stop-telemetry.htm
15 Mar 2019
Internationally developed gout guidelines seek to improve clinical practice
Ten recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with gout have been developed by a multinational group with the aim of improving daily clinical practice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/15/5.htm
15 Jan 2014
December 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/
EHR alert reduced unnecessary telemetry outside the ICU at one hospital
The reduction in telemetry use was smaller than that achieved with multicomponent interventions, but simply adding an electronic health record (EHR) alert is less costly and more scalable, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/2.htm
19 Dec 2018