Search results for "Technology"
Clinicians had many reasons for not using their secure texting system, study finds
Responses to a survey on barriers to adoption of a hospital system's secure texting platform had five main themes: lack of familiarity, perceiving it as unnecessary and burdensome, perceiving it as an intrusion, battery drain, low usage by others, and lack of trust in it to function as needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/clinicians-had-many-reasons-for-not-using-their-secure-texting-system-study-finds.htm
23 Nov 2022
Tracheostomy tube shortage
The FDA alerted clinicians about the need to reuse tracheostomy tubes and to caution patients about decreased effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/tracheostomy-tube-shortage.htm
16 Nov 2022
BiPAP masks recalled for magnetic interference
The FDA reported safety concerns with masks for some bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines and approved the first generic version of a popular diabetes drug, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/12/bipap-masks-recalled-for-magnetic-interference.htm
12 Oct 2022
Revving up rural stroke response
Telehealth, helicopters, and hospitalists all have a part to play in reducing disparities in stroke outcomes, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/free/revving-up-rural-stroke-response.htm
7 Sep 2022
Growing an HM division
Hospitalist leaders at some facilities have moved their groups out from under the umbrella of general internal medicine to launch divisions of hospital medicine, in what they see as an evolutionary step for the field.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/free/growing-an-hm-division.htm
13 Jul 2022
A text a day keeps the doctor informed
Inpatients, their caregivers, and their interns shared daily care plans and goals by texting in a med-peds pilot program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/free/a-text-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-informed.htm
22 Jun 2022
The road ahead for hospital medicine
During his plenary at SHM Converge 2022, Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, shared his thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, including changes in patient complexity and hospital finance, the catch-22 of hospital at home, and the potential impacts of technology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/the-road-ahead-for-hospital-medicine.htm
20 Apr 2022
Patient deterioration alerts didn't improve mortality or length of stay in trials
According to a new systematic review, pre-post studies have found benefits from using health information technology for early detection of inpatient deterioration, but randomized controlled trials have shown no significant changes from such interventions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/patient-deterioration-alerts-didnt-improve-mortality-or-length-of-stay-in-trials.htm
20 Apr 2022
Where's my patient?
Real-time location services are gaining traction as a tool for finding equipment and patients in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/06/free/where-is-my-patient.htm
6 Apr 2022
Diagnosing pulmonary embolism
Experts offer advice on how to apply the wide variety of available validated scores and algorithms, but also clinical judgment, to find pulmonary embolisms without excessive testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/23/free/diagnosing-pulmonary-embolism.htm
23 Feb 2022