Search results for "Telehealth"
Virtual rounds bring families to bedside
One hospital is using videoconferencing software to communicate with patients' families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/success-story-virtual-rounds.htm
15 Jun 2017
New recommendations offer best practices for hospitalist wellness
The CARES framework (checklist, assessment, relationship, evaluation, safety) provides guidance for hospitals on optimizing their interventions to support clinicians' well-being.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/free/new-recommendations-offer-best-practices-for-hospitalist-wellness.htm
15 Feb 2023
Hospitals and hurricanes
Advice on disaster preparation from physicians who've been there.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/disaster-preparation.htm
15 Jul 2016
Latest research shows impact of COVID-19 on other health care
Hospitalizations for stroke and myocardial infarction, ED visits, cancer diagnoses, and trials for conditions other than COVID-19 all dropped during the pandemic, recent studies showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/12/1.htm
12 Aug 2020
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
Latest COVID-19 studies identify predictors of poor outcomes, neurologic manifestations
Data from China provide new insights into disease characteristics, while ACP continues to push for more support for physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/22/1.htm
22 Apr 2020
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
Breakthrough infections, cardiovascular effects of COVID-19, pandemic mental health
Two new studies reported on infections in fully vaccinated people, while another looked at the rate of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with COVID-19. A survey found depression and anxiety to be common during the pandemic, and the push for mandatory vaccination of health care workers continued.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/1.htm
4 Aug 2021
Telemedicine, from both sides now
Hospitalists both give and receive support through the screen.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/telemedicine-from-both-sides-now.htm
15 Aug 2019
ACP, other groups focus on effects of the pandemic
Recent papers addressed how to treat strokes and addiction during a pandemic, and ACP issued statements supporting physicians who bring their own personal protective equipment or speak out about unsafe conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/08/2.htm
8 Apr 2020