Search results for "Anticoagulation"
Delirium, treating drug resistance, fall prevention
A 75-year-old woman with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is evaluated in the intensive care unit for delirium... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/test.htm
15 Jan 2009
Measure of the month: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation
In accordance with a law passed by Congress late in 2006, physicians and other eligible professionals are able to receive bonus payments of a percentage (increased to 2%) of their total allowed Medicare charges, subject to a cap, by submitting information for defined quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/measure.htm
15 Feb 2009
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about STEMI death rates in women vs. men, pressure ulcer treatements, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/journal.htm
15 Feb 2009
In the news
Medicare's proposal to expand coverage for PET scans, and other medical updates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2009
Measure of the month: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation
In accordance with a law passed by Congress late in 2006, physicians and other eligible professionals are able to receive bonus payments of a percentage (increased to 2%) of their total allowed Medicare charges, subject to a cap, by submitting information for defined quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/03/measure.htm
15 Mar 2009
FDA Update
New opioid therapy guidelines, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/fda.htm
15 Apr 2009
Measure of the month: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation
In accordance with a law passed by Congress late in 2006, physicians and other eligible professionals are able to receive bonus payments of a percentage (increased to 2%) of their total allowed Medicare charges, subject to a cap, by submitting information for defined quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/04/measure.htm
15 Apr 2009
Measure of the month: Stroke and stroke rehabilitation
In accordance with a law passed by Congress late in 2006, physicians and other eligible professionals are able to receive bonus payments of a percentage (increased to 2%) of their total allowed Medicare charges, subject to a cap, by submitting information for defined quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/measure.htm
15 May 2009
A sideline that grew outside the lines
Hospitalist Stephen Bekanich, MD, talks about starting a successful palliative care program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/palliative.htm
15 May 2009
acp-hosp0905.qxd
ACE inhibitor, ARB in heart failure, antiplatelets in CAD, beta-blocker in CAD with prior MI, DVT prophylaxis in stroke, antiplatelets in stroke, anticoagulant in stroke with atrial fibrillation, tPA considered
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/acph-200905-measure_t1.pdf
20 May 2009