Search results for "Readmissions"
Documented follow-up appointments don't lower readmissions for general medicine inpatients
Documented follow-up appointments don't lower readmissions for general medicine inpatientsOral low-dose steroids yield similar outcomes as high-dose IV steroids for COPD exacerbations
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/1.htm
23 Jun 2010
Little difference between antibiotics in treating acute exacerbation of COPD
Tylenol recall expanded
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/4.htm
23 Jun 2010
Oral low-dose steroids yield similar outcomes as high-dose IV steroids for COPD exacerbations
Emergency department visits up for nonmedical use of opioids, benzodiazepines
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/23/2.htm
23 Jun 2010
VTE update covers new drugs, recommendations
Alternatives to warfarin will be available soon.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/07/vte.htm
15 Jul 2010
Failing at heart failure treatment
Readmissions for heart failure cause financial problems for hospitals and even more pressing problems for patients. Everyone from Medicare to individual physicians is focused on methods of improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/heart.htm
15 Aug 2010
Hone in on patients without a home
Patients who are homeless or teetering on the verge can present an additional set of logistics for busy hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/homeless.htm
15 Aug 2010
Letter from the Editor
Our focus this month is on heart failure, the cause of more than one million U.S. hospitalizations each year, including many that experts deem preventable. This issue also includes coverage of the American Thoracic Society's annual conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/lfe.htm
15 Aug 2010
Residency redesign helps patients and pleases doctors
Brigham and Women's Hospital redesigned its residency program to focus on integrated teaching.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/08/success.htm
15 Aug 2010
AHRQ releases data on preventable heart failure hospitalizations
Hypotension drug faces withdrawal
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2010
Black and low-income patients more likely to leave hospital against medical advice, be readmitted
Ceftaroline monotherapy is effective in treating complicated skin and skin structure infectionInappropriate therapy for health care-associated skin infections may lengthen hospital stay
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/01/2.htm
1 Sep 2010