Texting for hospitalists
Experts are working on strategies to reduce the volume and interruptions of clinical texting.
Experts are working on strategies to reduce the volume and interruptions of clinical texting.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun” includes the geriatric consult service.
More than half of surveyed residents expected to work in hospital medicine in the future, but only 30% felt confident of their competence to perform procedures or point-of-care ultrasound, and most expressed desire for more instruction in these and other areas.
In Brazilian ICUs without an on-site intensivist, an intervention in which a teleintensivist provided daily multidisciplinary rounds, monthly audit and feedback meetings, and evidence-based clinical protocols did not change patient outcomes compared to usual care.
The original OPERAM tool identified the highest proportion of preventable readmissions related to medications at a Dutch teaching hospital but also required the most expert clinical knowledge.
A temporary wearable device with remote monitoring reduced heart failure readmissions by 38% among high-risk patients, a manufacturer's trial found.
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A comparison of four U.S. hospital rating systems found discordant scores. Two of the study authors discuss what that means for hospitalists and patients.
A program doubled the percentage of appropriate patients who transitioned to hospice within 96 hours of presenting to the ED, improving alignment with goals for end-of-life care.
Length of stay was longer in patients treated under CMS's Acute Hospital Care at Home initiative than among similar patients in participating hospitals, but complications and postdischarge costs trended lower and patients and clinicians were highly satisfied with care under the waiver.
Most hospitalists at an academic medical center who received electronic feedback about their care for patients who underwent ICU transfers and rapid responses reported being highly or moderately satisfied with the experience, a survey study found.
A Canadian study of whether discharge before medically advised was associated with drug overdose risk found that the overdose rate went up significantly after hospitalization whether the discharge was advised or not, compared to earlier no-overdose periods in the patients' lives.
Admissions with a primary diagnosis of heart failure decreased from 2010 through 2014 but increased from 2014 to 2021, and associated mortality went up from 2012 onward.
Hospitalists can help patients who've experienced violence by screening for the problem and offering resources to assist.
The FDA announced that the nasal spray vaccine may now be administered by patients and caregivers, among other recent actions. A prescription is still required.