Search results for "End-of-life care"
February 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/
Improving end-of-life care with trials and communication
The latest feature articles from ACP Hospitalist describe how physicians can help patients avoid nonbeneficial care, understand their prognoses, and communicate on emotional topics. There's also a new Coding Corner and Brief Case.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/5.htm
18 Aug 2021
November 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/
Mortality, hospitalizations, and end-of-life care improving, Medicare analysis finds
Medicare beneficiaries had fewer hospitalizations, including in the last 6 months of life, in 2013 compared to 1999, a study found. But another study showed that Medicare is most likely to penalize high-quality hospitals under its program to reduce hospital-acquired conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/05/1.htm
5 Aug 2015
December 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/
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
Invasive mechanical ventilation at end of life may be more common in Asian Americans
Researchers used a 20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries to compare receipt of invasive mechanical ventilation among Asian American and White patients hospitalized in the last 30 days of life.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/4.htm
5 May 2021
How COVID-19 changed end-of-life care
Hospitalists have had to find new strategies during the pandemic in order to provide optimal care, including company and comfort, to dying inpatients and their families.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/12/free/how-covid-19-changed-end-of-life-care.htm
12 Jan 2022
Use of noninvasive ventilation at end of life rapidly increased in recent years
Among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in the last 30 days of life, use of noninvasive ventilation increased ninefold from 2000 to 2017, while use of invasive mechanical ventilation remained relatively stable. Noninvasive ventilation was associated with better end-of-life care measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2020
August 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/