Search results for "specialists"
Combating clots in COVID-19
Critical care experts advised on appropriate prophylaxis for ward and ICU patients as part of the CHEST 2021 conference.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/combating-clots-in-covid-19.htm
15 Nov 2021
Nontraumatic myocardial injury
Myocardial injury is a relatively new term, necessary to know for documentation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/coding-corner-myocardial-injury.htm
15 Nov 2021
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
Team up to treat opioid addiction
Hospitalists can improve care even without the expertise of an addiction medicine consult service.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/team-up-to-treat-opioid-addiction.htm
15 Sep 2021
Virtual rounding beyond the pandemic
Hospitals have moved to hybrids of remote and in-person rounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/virtual-rounding-beyond-the-pandemic.htm
15 Sep 2021
Consulting POCUS to increase efficiency
This tool holds potential to speed care for patients requiring subspecialists' attention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/consulting-pocus-to-increase-efficiency.htm
15 Sep 2021
Critical illness myopathy/polyneuropathy
The manifestations of CIM and CIP overlap, and it can be difficult to distinguish between the two conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/coding-corner-critical-illness-myopathy.htm
15 Sep 2021
Ask Dr. Pinson
Get answers to questions about obesity, ultrasound guidance, and other coding conundrums.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-qa.htm
15 Jul 2021
Open records come to the wards
Hospitals and physicians are adjusting to the new federal requirement to provide patients full access to their entire medical record, including notes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/open-records-come-to-the-wards.htm
15 Jul 2021
Complications of care
ICD-10 requires that a complication code be assigned every time certain conditions or diagnoses are coded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/coding-corner-complications-of-care.htm
15 Jul 2021