Search results for "Well-Being"
Many recent studies reporting on COVID-19 vaccines' safety, effectiveness
New studies looked at the safety of the adenovirus COVID-19 vaccines, the effectiveness of almost all the vaccines, and the impacts of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy and on long-term cardiac function. A physician columnist addressed pandemic-related anger.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/1.htm
12 May 2021
ACP advises on physician suicide prevention; study examines depression in med students
New ethical guidance from the College offers advice on how to respond to physician suicide, while a recent study found that depressive symptoms became more common as medical students progressed through school.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/09/4.htm
9 Jun 2021
Top 10 tips to beat loneliness at work
Isolation is a growing issue as our world, our societies, and our workplaces change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/top-10-tips-to-beat-loneliness-at-work.htm
15 Jun 2021
Learning to accept uncertainty in medicine
Physicians with low tolerance of uncertainty were more likely to burn out, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/qa-learning-to-accept-uncertainty.htm
15 Sep 2021
Struggling with strategies for strain
Hospitalist leaders and hospital administrators were interviewed before the pandemic for a study about hospital capacity strain. The study authors explain some lessons that everyone working in hospitals can now take from their responses.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/02/struggling-with-strategies-for-strain.htm
2 Feb 2022
Negative trials of prone positioning, antiplatelet therapy for COVID-19
Telling inpatients to lay on their stomachs did not significantly improve outcomes, one study found, while others offered some mixed results on the effects of aspirin and P2Y12 inhibitors. Additional research showed that a commonly used triage score doesn't work for COVID-19 and that hospitalists' worry about catching the virus impaired their well-being.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/free/negative-trials-of-prone-positioning-antiplatelet-therapy-for-covid-19.htm
30 Mar 2022
Five steps to a better discharge
Research has shown that patients have a few common priorities at discharge, and hospitalists can tweak their practices to make it more likely these desires are fulfilled.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/free/five-steps-to-a-better-discharge.htm
4 May 2022
Experiencing mistreatment by patients, families, visitors linked to higher physician burnout rates
A study of about 6,500 U.S. physicians found that mistreatment and discriminatory behaviors by patients, families, and visitors within the previous year were common, especially for female and racial/ethnic minority physicians, and were associated with higher burnout rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/25/free/experiencing-mistreatment-by-patients-families-visitors-linked-to-higher-physician-burnout-rates.htm
25 May 2022
A click to improve cirrhosis care
An electronic alert increased use of rifaximin in patients with cirrhosis who were taking lactulose and were admitted with hepatic encephalopathy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/01/free/a-click-to-improve-cirrhosis-care.htm
1 Jun 2022
Parsing promotions for academic hospitalists
The scarcity of full professors in hospital medicine relates to the challenges of publishing while working as a hospitalist, a researcher explains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/14/free/parsing-promotions-for-academic-hospitalists.htm
14 Sep 2022