Category: Department Management

Department Management

Should Physiotherapists Be First Point of Contact for Patients?

Patients who saw physiotherapists first experienced a two-month reduction in wait times and earlier access to educational pain management programs.

Department Management

Top 10 Patient Safety Threats

The ECRI's annual list of patient safety threats includes healthcare-associated infections and medical misinformation, but it's topped by a particular physician behavior towards patients and caregivers that can lead to a loss of trust.

Department Management

The Promise and Challenges of ECMO

ECMO outperforms traditional CPR for certain cardiac arrest patients, a new meta-analysis revealed. But ECMO's large-scale implementation would require substantial considerations.

Clinical

AI Uncovers Five Predictive States for Pneumonia Outcomes

Using machine learning, researchers identified five clinical states in pneumonia patients, with three associated with specific disease outcomes and two that may help pinpoint the disease's cause.

Education

CHEST Expands First 5 Minutes Program with Cultural Humility Training

The new e-learning modules aim to help clinicians address implicit bias and strengthen patient-provider relationships.

Conferences & CEU

ATS Kicks Off Annual Conference in San Diego

American Thoracic Society President M. Patricia Rivera, MD, ATSF, opened ATS 2024 in San Diego with a call to shape the future of respiratory health.