Search results for "Technology"
Keeping track of mistakes that don't happen
Near-miss tracking project for residents aims to improve hospital care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/nearmiss.htm
15 Apr 2008
Collaborating across the miles
ICUs, hospitalists, intensivists improve outcomes for the critically ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/collab.htm
15 Apr 2008
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy offers promise for hard-to-treat wounds
Therapy offers promise for hard-to-treat wounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/oxygen.htm
15 Apr 2008
Managing pain in orthopedic patients takes awareness, finesse
Tips on using analgesics, opioids and the latest delivery methods.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/pain.htm
15 May 2008
Costs at any price?
Comparison tools may be flawed but consumer demand keeps growing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/costs.htm
15 Jun 2008
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/cover.htm
15 Aug 2008
Journal Watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about poor blood sugar control, predicting heart failure, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/journal.htm
15 Sep 2008
Artificial pancreas closer to reality
Closed-loop system holds promise for in-hospital glucose control.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/pancreas.htm
15 Sep 2008
Your next hire could be right down the hall
Physicians who move from the community to the hospital mid-career present a potential solution to the hospitalist field's perennial workforce shortage. They also offer some benefits and challenges that differ from those of their hospitalist-track peers. Hospitalist leaders who note those differences and find the means to take advantage of them, are on track to building well-balanced, high-functioning hospitalist teams.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/cover.htm
15 Oct 2008
Letter from the Editor
Many think of hospital medicine as a field largely populated by young physicians, but this may be changing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/editor.htm
15 Oct 2008