Search results for "Patient Safety"
Over one-third of surgical inpatients experience adverse events, study suggests
Nearly two in five patients who underwent surgery at one of 11 hospitals in Massachusetts in 2018 experienced adverse events, 60% of which were considered potentially preventable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/11/20/over-one-third-of-surgical-inpatients-experience-adverse-events-study-suggests.htm
20 Nov 2024
Residents report that ‘warm handoffs' enhance patient safety
One residency program implemented a protocol in which the incoming and outgoing residents met at the end of a ward rotation to sign out and jointly round on sicker patients using a bedside-rounding checklist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/23/2.htm
23 Aug 2017
Rating the ratings
A comparison of four U.S. hospital rating systems found discordant scores. Two of the study authors discuss what that means for hospitalists and patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/09/rating-the-ratings.htm
9 Oct 2024
Regionalized care teams may not lead to improvements in patient safety, study finds
Researchers found no significant difference in preventable adverse events but did find improvement in nurses' and interns' communication about patients' expected discharge dates and daily care plans.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/02/4.htm
2 Mar 2016
December 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/
Patient safety, resident sleep do not appear to differ with flexible vs. standard duty hours
Sixty-three U.S. internal medicine residency programs were randomly assigned to follow standard duty-hour policies mandating 16-hour shifts and an 80-hour workweek, or flexible policies, with an 80-hour workweek but no limits on shift length or mandatory time off between shifts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/1.htm
13 Mar 2019
March 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/
Attending physician workload may affect teaching effectiveness, patient safety
Academic rank and time spent with learners were positively associated with teaching evaluations, and higher midnight census and daily discharges were negatively associated, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/3.htm
13 Jan 2016
November 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/
Duty hours may have no effect on patient safety, resident well-being, care continuity
A randomized trial did not find a patient safety benefit from shorter duty schedules, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/02/25/3.htm
25 Feb 2015