Search results for "Hospital Medicine"
Educators, are you ready for your close-up?
Eight tips can ease the switch to online education.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/educators-are-you-ready-for-your-close-up.htm
1 Oct 2020
POCUS puts focus on the patient encounter
Point-of-care ultrasound has made its way from a niche practice to everyday use in the clinic. One expert explains an acronym she uses to teach clinicians to do a full POCUS exam.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/pocus-puts-focus-on-the-patient-encounter.htm
1 Jun 2022
A pre-flight check for patients
People with cardiopulmonary or hematologic disorders can be affected by the hypobaric environment aboard an aircraft, so they should undergo preflight evaluation before lift-off.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/05/a-pre-flight-check-for-patients.htm
1 May 2019
Call for submissions: ACP Hospitalist wants your pandemic stories
Submit your short article about a strategy, patient or colleague interaction, or other aspect of hospital practice during the pandemic by Aug. 31, and it may be published in the November ACP Hospitalist.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/25/2.htm
25 Aug 2020
Latest COVID-19 articles focus on test accuracy, racial issues
Recent research offered differing estimates of the risk of false negatives in testing for SARS-CoV-2, and physicians urged action against racism and racial disparities.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/16/1.htm
16 Jun 2020
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination its candidates.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2013/11/regents.htm
1 Nov 2013
Internal Medicine Meeting 2022 goes hybrid
It will be the first in-person Internal Medicine Meeting since 2019 in Philadelphia and the first Internal Medicine Meeting held in the Windy City since 1990.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/internal-medicine-meeting-2022-goes-hybrid.htm
1 Mar 2022
What's new in ACP Hospitalist
What's new in ACP Hospitalist and other College publications, including a review of the impact of ICU glucose control for critically ill patients and the highly anticipated launch of MKSAP 15.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/07/highlights.htm
1 Jul 2009
Lower glucose levels before hospital discharge associated with readmission, death in diabetes patients
Even near-normal glucose levels on the last day of hospitalization were associated with increased risk for readmission and postdischarge mortality, and these risks increased as patients' glucose levels decreased.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/07/2.htm
7 May 2019
12 tips for new academic hospitalists
Internists seeking a career in hospital medicine should be engaged, make connections, and try new things in order to be successful.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/07/12-tips-for-new-academic-hospitalists.htm
1 Jul 2021