February 15, 2023
A bit of good news on drug costs
Recent Medicare changes may help more patients access guideline-directed heart failure therapies, a study found.
Concrete thinking
An initial diagnosis of bilateral cellulitis leads to some digging and hard thinking.
New recommendations offer best practices for hospitalist wellness
The CARES framework (checklist, assessment, relationship, evaluation, safety) provides guidance for hospitals on optimizing their interventions to support clinicians' well-being.
Transition clinic visit after ED discharge lowered odds of ED revisit, didn't change hospital admissions
The most common type of care provided by a newly established ED care transitions clinic in Chicago was wound care, and wound checks had a higher rate of appointment completion than clinical appointments.
Patients discharged home after stroke less likely to receive rehab
The study also found that, after stroke, 35.0% of patients received no physical therapy, 48.8% got no occupational therapy, and 61.7% didn't undergo speech therapy. Predictors of whether a patient would get therapy could be identified during stroke hospitalization.
Organ procurement procedures appear to vary by individual U.S. hospital
In a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 13 hospitals covered by two organ procurement organizations, rates of conversion of potential donor patients into actual donors ranged from 0% to 51.0%.