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The next issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The November issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online, featuring its annual Top Docs.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/20/11.htm
20 Nov 2012
New online Special Interest Groups discussion forum launched
ACP members are invited to participate in ACP's Special Interest Groups, a private online community that allows members to share experiences, questions, and creative solutions with like-minded physicians at their own convenience.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/18/9.htm
18 Oct 2011
ACP Hospitalist is online and coming to your mailbox
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist is now online, featuring stories on partial DNRs, antibiotic stewardship and ICU care, plus more.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/06/21/8.htm
21 Jun 2011
The next issue is online and coming to your mailbox
The October issue of ACP Hospitalist is online. Don't miss stories on:
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/19/10.htm
19 Oct 2010
Join ACP's online discussion groups for members
ACP members are invited to participate in ACP's Special Interest Groups, a private online community that allows members to share experiences, questions and creative solutions with like-minded physicians at their own convenience.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/28/14.htm
28 Feb 2012
What's new in ACP Hospitalist
What's new in ACP Hospitalist and other College publications, including the cover feature on spontaneous awakening trials, coverage of medication discrepancies during the transfer between facilities, and a Success Story about how one hospitalist Web site streamlines signouts. Plus, test yourself with questions on sedation and ventilation excerpted from MKSAP 14.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/10/highlights.htm
1 Oct 2009
Screening detected unknown diabetes in one-fourth of elective surgery patients
Among elective surgery patients, nearly one-fourth (24%) were diagnosed with previously unknown diabetes or pre-diabetes based on blood tests conducted while they were fasting pre-operatively, researchers found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/14/5.htm
14 Aug 2012
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
Specialty organizations highlight lists of common tests and interventions that should be questioned
Several medical organizations released lists of tests or procedures that might be overused in clinical practice, as part of the Choosing Wisely initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/26/2.htm
26 Feb 2013
Many hospitalists don't perform individual ‘core competencies' in a given year
Health professionals to march for health care reform
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/03/16/6.htm
16 Mar 2010