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Faster antibiotics, full sepsis bundle associated with lower inpatient mortality

Overall, 82.5% of patients in the New York State registry got the recommended bundle, which included blood cultures, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and lactate measurement, within three hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/2.htm
24 May 2017

SDOH data collected for varied reasons including curriculum development, quality improvement

A review found that food security or malnutrition was the social determinant of health (SDOH) most commonly screened for among patients hospitalized on medicine services, followed by housing, transportation, employment, education, income, functional status and disability, and social support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/sdoh-data-collected-for-varied-reasons-including-curriculum-development-quality-improvement.htm
14 Dec 2022

Reducing inappropriate prescribing in older patients didn't reduce admissions

A trial in European hospitals had physicians and pharmacists review the prescriptions of inpatients who were age 70 years or older with at least three chronic conditions and five long-term prescriptions to identify potentially inappropriate medications.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/07/21/2.htm
21 Jul 2021

Nudging physicians not to test

A high-value care project reduced unnecessary testing without adding a single click.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/nudging-physicians-not-to-test.htm
18 Oct 2023

Long-acting COPD meds often discontinued during hospital stay and not restarted

A retrospective Canadian study looked at unintentional discontinuation of long-acting muscarinic antagonists and long-acting beta-agonist and inhaled corticosteroid combination therapy in older, highly adherent adults admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/3.htm
7 Oct 2020

Hospital clinicians don't often use antibiograms when prescribing, survey finds

Among 193 respondents from seven U.S. health care systems, 26.9% of hospital clinicians said they used antibiograms more than once a month and 16.1% did not know that their facility had an antibiogram available.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/hospital-clinicians-dont-often-use-antibiograms-when-prescribing-survey-finds.htm
21 Feb 2024

Care coordination program linked to reduced readmission rates in large health system

A study of 21 hospitals in an integrated health system in California found that a postdischarge intervention targeted at patients at 25% or higher predicted risk of 30-day readmission or mortality was associated with decreased rates of readmission, but not mortality, in the 30 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/4.htm
18 Aug 2021

Growing an HM division

Hospitalist leaders at some facilities have moved their groups out from under the umbrella of general internal medicine to launch divisions of hospital medicine, in what they see as an evolutionary step for the field.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/13/free/growing-an-hm-division.htm
13 Jul 2022

Nominate a Top Hospitalist

There's only one more week to suggest a colleague to be profiled in our November issue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/5.htm
24 Jul 2019

Residents reimagine anti-racism curriculum

A new Race, Bias, and Advocacy in Medicine pathway gave trainees an opening to focus on these issues.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/residents-reimagine-anti-racism-curriculum.htm
15 May 2021

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