Search results for "Staffing"
Low-risk patients may not need vital signs checked so often, study suggests
Clinicians may be able to reduce the frequency of vital sign checks at night for low-risk inpatients without compromising quality of care, a study suggests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/10/2.htm
10 Jul 2013
Why are physicians unionizing?
Residents recently voted to newly unionize at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the University of Vermont, among other programs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/21/free/why-are-physicians-unionizing.htm
21 Sep 2022
Telemedicine reduced mortality, LOS in ICUs
Implementation of a tele-intensive care unit (ICU) reduced mortality and length of stay at one academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/2.htm
25 May 2011
Do you know this surgeon?
With general surgeons in increasingly short supply, more hospitals will have to bring in temporary surgeons to help fill the demand for emergency and routine surgical services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/surgeon.htm
15 Aug 2009
Weekend ICU admissions may be associated with higher mortality rates
Cancer diagnoses often given quickly, impersonally
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/14/3.htm
14 Jul 2010
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016
About 15% of unplanned ICU transfers tied to preventable errors
Approximately 15% of unplanned transfers to medical ICUs are associated with preventable errors, such as inappropriate admission triage, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/22/3.htm
22 Dec 2010
Raising the bar on health care ratings sites
Raising the bar on health care ratings sites.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/ratings.htm
15 May 2008
Giving hospitalists their space
Cleveland Clinic’s division of general internal medicine decided to try “geographic roundingâ€ï¿½ after a patient satisfaction survey revealed that many patients were unhappy that “my doctor is never around.â€ï¿½ That sentiment is starting to change now that hospitalists spend more time actually talking with patients and less time getting to them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/geographic.htm
15 Feb 2009
Shifting views on shiftwork
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center developed a new system to maintain night coverage in the ICU under resident work-hour limits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/success.htm
15 Feb 2013