Search results for "Technology"
Global health hospitalists
More physicians are focusing on a particular country, and frequently a particular hospital, to bring about lasting change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/coverstory.htm
15 Jan 2013
Catch them if you can
Incidence estimates suggest that more than 1% of medical admissions could be factitious, and that's not counting the patients no one catches.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coverstory.htm
15 Sep 2012
The July effect: Real or urban myth?
At teaching hospitals, the learning process restarts each summer. Does hospital quality dip at this crucial point?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/coverstory.htm
15 Apr 2011
Acetaminophen doses too high in some hospitalized patients
Some hospitalized patients may be receiving too much acetaminophen, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/21/2.htm
21 Nov 2012
Get the germs where they live—in the hospital
An expert delivers good news and bad news about hospital-acquired infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/06/hai.htm
15 Jun 2009
A newfangled column
The first stethoscope was created with a rolled-up sheaf of papers in 1816.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/free/newman.htm
15 Sep 2016
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
Using medical applications on wards, in clinics
In a fast-paced, interactive session, two speakers reviewed many popular software applications, as well as particularly useful features of electronic health records.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/04/17/3.htm
17 Apr 2013
PE hospitalizations, vena cava filter placements both on the rise
Mortality among Medicare patients hospitalized with pulmonary embolism dropped significantly between 1999 and 2010, regardless of whether they received an inferior vena cava filter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/02/1.htm
2 Mar 2016
The white coat of the future
A newly developed fabric repels and kills bacteria that land on it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/infection.htm
15 Aug 2011