Search results for "Transitions of Care"
Failure to follow up on inpatient test results is common
A significant percentage of tests performed in the hospital are not followed up, according to a new systematic review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/16/4.htm
16 Feb 2011
The different ways hospitals pay
Incentive compensation aims to improve quality and productivity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/money.htm
15 Oct 2010
Q&A: Lowering hospital readmissions by improving care transitions
The Hospital to Home program targets changes by 2012.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/qa.htm
15 Sep 2009
Hospital medicine core competencies updated
Syncope and hyponatremia are new chapter topics in the latest version of the Society of Hospital Medicine's Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/1.htm
26 Apr 2017
Virtual rounds after transfers to SNF identified errors in discharge summaries
Hospitalists at two academic hospitals met weekly with clinicians from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to discuss patients who had recently been handed off, and they found errors in nearly a quarter of discharge summaries.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/virtual-rounds-after-transfers-to-snf-identified-errors-in-discharge-summaries.htm
11 Oct 2023
Transitional care management yields benefit but is used rarely, study finds
An analysis of Medicare fee-for-service claims concluded that transitional care management is a promising delivery model innovation, while an editorial cautioned that payments may not be high enough to justify the extra work involved or may be targeted to the wrong place in the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/08/4.htm
8 Aug 2018
From hospital to overdose
Patients on long-term opioid therapy face increased risk of overdose after discharge. What can hospitalists do to help?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/15/from-hospital-to-overdose.htm
15 Mar 2023
In the News
Heart failure readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2010
Recent Research
Prophylactic anticoagulation in the critically ill, ICU telemedicine outcomes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/rr.htm
15 Sep 2014
Learning from the best
Interviewing personnel at “best” and “worst” hospitals yielded some interesting findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/qa.htm
15 Aug 2011