Search results for "Equity"
Sending HM to the stars
Eric Howell, MD, expects hospital medicine (HM) to keep growing and improving care amid challenges including burnout and private equity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/10/30/sending-hm-to-the-stars.htm
30 Oct 2024
Private equity ownership of acute care hospitals more common in low-income, rural areas, study finds
Compared with matched hospitals of different ownership, private equity hospitals had a higher rurality score, were located in ZIP codes with lower median household incomes, and had slightly lower patient experience scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/30/5.htm
30 Sep 2020
Hospitals acquired by private equity have less debt beforehand, decreased assets afterward
Private equity (PE) firms acquired hospitals that owned more of their inherent value and were less in debt, according to one study, while a second study found that assets of PE-acquired hospitals decreased 24% in the two years after acquisition versus controls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/hospitals-acquired-by-private-equity-have-less-debt-beforehand-decreased-assets-afterward.htm
7 Aug 2024
Life as a health equity officer
A recent survey of hospitals' health equity officers highlighted challenges they face, including how to get clinicians on board.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/life-as-a-health-equity-officer.htm
1 Nov 2023
December issue online and in the mail
Hip fracture comanagement, heart failure prescribing, antibiotic use in COVID-19, and private equity investment are covered in the latest issue of ACP Hospitalist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/16/5.htm
16 Dec 2020
June 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/
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
Racial, ethnic disparities persist in U.S. health care access, spending
Recent studies looked at differences by race and ethnicity in health status and health care access as well as health care spending over time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/25/4.htm
25 Aug 2021
December 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/
Latest COVID-19 research focuses on another drug, racial disparities, early infections
A Brazilian trial found benefit from tofacitinib in hospitalized patients, while a study of Medicare patients showed racial disparities might stem from differences between hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/23/1.htm
23 Jun 2021