Welcome to the Pan American Society of Hospitalists' Blog. PASHA comprises an independent network of physicians from across the Americas. By fostering a professional culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing,our goal is to promote the dissemination of ideas and the improvement of Hospital Medicine practice.
Group #1: Jamie Newman (USA); Guilherme Barcellos (Brazil); Andrés Aizman (Chile); Fernando Rivera (USA); Luiz Rojas Orellana (Chile); Neil Winawer (USA); Esteban Gandara (Canada); Jairo Roa (Colombia)
Group#2 (2010-now): Guilherme Barcellos (Brazil); Jamie Newman (USA); Andrés Aizman (Chile); Daniel Grassi (Argentina); Fernando Rivera (USA); Luiz Rojas Orellana (Chile); Roberto Daniel Martinez (Argentina); Lucas Zambon (Brazil); Neil Winawer (USA); Esteban Gandara (Canada); Fabiana Rolla (Brazil)
Friday, January 28, 2011
Rapid Response Teams: What do you thing about it?
Rapid Response Teams: Ready for Prime Time?, by Bob Wachter
Rapid response teams saves lives, but is it good medicine?
What do you thing about RRT's?
Monday, January 24, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
When hospitalists stay longer, patients leave sooner
Researchers, led by Kenneth R. Epstein, FACP, now chief medical officer for Hospitalist Consultants, Inc. (HCI), found that as fragmentation increased, length of stay did, too. Dr. Epstein recently spoke with ACP Hospitalist about the study's results, problems with handoffs, and pros and cons of block schedules.
Evidense BIASed Medicine
Suggestion of a very good activity that we made in POA and you could see it online: http://www.unisimers.com.br/videos/?palestra=353
Below an interview with the speaker (almost everything in English):
Below an interview with the speaker (almost everything in English):
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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