Search results for "goals of care"
Expediting ED-to-hospice transitions
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.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/09/expediting-ed-to-hospice-transitions.htm
9 Oct 2024
Goal-concordant care frequently not provided for sepsis patients, even when documented
In a retrospective study, 60% of patients who had survived sepsis did not have goals of care assessed before hospital discharge, and among those who did, 32% did not receive goal-concordant care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/3.htm
27 Oct 2021
Goals of care
The family confirmed that she was indeed a full code because she did not want to die of COVID.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/goals-of-care.htm
15 Nov 2020
Surviving Sepsis Campaign releases updated guidelines for hospitalized adults
Topics covered among the 93 recommendations include screening and early treatment of sepsis, hemodynamic management, ventilation, additional therapies, and long-term outcomes and goals of care. Changes include which sepsis risk scores are recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2021
Med rec for hospitalists and hospitals
An expert explains how to do a good medication reconciliation for a single patient, and how to improve them throughout a whole system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/15/med-rec-for-hospitalists-and-hospitals.htm
15 May 2024
Stuck in the hospital
Delayed discharges of medically stable patients are a problem that's not going away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/09/18/stuck-in-the-hospital.htm
18 Sep 2024
New American Heart Association framework for referring patients to advanced HF centers
The first step is to identify whether the patient has clinical signs and symptoms consistent with advanced heart failure (HF), including recurrent hospitalizations, and the second is to assess the likelihood of benefit from referral to an advanced HF center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/22/4.htm
22 Sep 2021
AHA offers guidance on palliative pharmacotherapy for cardiovascular disease
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) calls for use of guideline-directed and evidence-based palliative therapies in end-stage heart failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, and other cardiac conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/07/10/aha-offers-guidance-on-palliative-pharmacotherapy-for-cardiovascular-disease.htm
10 Jul 2024
New pathway from ACC offers recommendations on inpatient heart failure care
The pathway from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) extends from ED presentation through the first postdischarge visit and focuses on optimizing patient care and improving outcomes, rather than reducing length of stay or readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/18/3.htm
18 Sep 2019
ACC updates guidance on inpatient heart failure management
Greater emphasis on initiation of guideline-directed medical therapies and incorporation of palliative care are among the changes the American College of Cardiology (ACC) made in its updated consensus decision pathway.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/14/acc-updates-guidance-on-inpatient-heart-failure-management.htm
14 Aug 2024