Search results for "Staffing"
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Oral low-dose steroids for COPD exacerbations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/jw.htm
15 Jan 2011
Talking about COVID-19 with Bob Wachter
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to Robert Wachter, MD, FACP, about COVID-19 response at the University of California, San Francisco, and in hospitals nationwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/4.htm
1 Apr 2020
Teams that don't burn out
Supporting consistent hospital medicine teams may be a key to preventing burnout, according to a researcher studying physician and nurse perspectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/teams-that-dont-burn-out.htm
28 Sep 2022
Negotiation skills needed more than ever
Financial dealings with hospitals have gotten tougher, but classic strategies can help hospitalists make it through.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/20/free/negotiation-skills-needed-more-than-ever.htm
20 Sep 2023
Intubation after in-hospital cardiac arrest not associated with benefit, study finds
The observational cohort study used the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to match patients who were intubated within 15 minutes of in-hospital cardiac arrest to patients who were not intubated in the same minute after arrest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/2.htm
8 Feb 2017
Overnight boarding in the ED linked with worse outcomes among older patients
The mortality rate with an overnight ED stay before admission was 15.7%, compared to 11.1% in patients admitted before midnight in a French study of patients ages 75 years and older. Risk was even higher among those who needed assistance performing daily tasks.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/overnight-boarding-in-the-ed-linked-with-worse-outcomes-among-older-patients.htm
8 Nov 2023
Ideal patient-to-intensivist ratio varies in U.K. ICUs
Researchers found that patient-to-intensivist ratio was significantly associated with hospital mortality after multivariable adjustment, with a U-shaped association observed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2017
Tough times for hospital finances
After a rough year, execs are looking for ways to get out of the red in 2023. They offered ideas on how hospitalists can help.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/free/tough-times-for-hospital-finances.htm
25 Jan 2023
Transitional care management yields benefit but is used rarely, study finds
An analysis of Medicare fee-for-service claims concluded that transitional care management is a promising delivery model innovation, while an editorial cautioned that payments may not be high enough to justify the extra work involved or may be targeted to the wrong place in the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/4.htm
8 Aug 2018
In the News
Hospital Medicine 2008; new rules from CMS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/itn.htm
15 May 2008