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Clearing or clouding the mind?
Antipsychotics can resolve agitation in patients with delirium, but that may not provide much overall benefit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/delirium.htm
15 Nov 2011
Volunteering abroad adds meaning to medical practice
Today's physicians may spend more time at a computer than at the bedside, but not if they volunteer abroad.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/volunteers.htm
15 Nov 2011
The capacity to determine capacity
One in four medical inpatients can't make a decision. And not just about whether to have the chocolate or vanilla pudding for dessert.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/decision.htm
15 Dec 2011
The challenge of predicting readmissions
It would be convenient if, along with their white coats, hospitalists were issued crystal balls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/qa.htm
15 Dec 2011
Hospitalists outside the hospital
Concerns about readmission rates and care transitions are leading some hospitalists to treat patients in the outpatient setting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/discharge.htm
15 Dec 2011
Pain in the gut
Sometimes a careful history and minimal screening are more effective than extensive scans and tests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/bowel.htm
15 Feb 2012
The healing arts
Options can range from CD players in patient rooms to visits from certified art and music therapists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/arts.htm
15 Feb 2012
2012 diagnostic documentation update
If there is any certainty in the health care industry today, it is that things will change.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2012
Time to teach
Everybody believes somebody should do it, but nobody has the time to figure out whose job it is. Such is the problematic status of patient discharge education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/qa.htm
15 Apr 2013
Yes, sickle cell is a pain
For most patients, dealing with pain will be a temporary issue. For sickle cell patients, it's a lifetime struggle.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/sicklecell.htm
15 Apr 2013