Search results for "Care Transitions"
In the News
Secondhand smoke exposure, bleeding risk with dabigatran versus warfarin, post-op delirium in older adults, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2015
Technology connects geriatricians and hospitalists to nursing home staff
Program improves quality of clinical care for older patients in long-term care facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/technology-nursing-homes.htm
15 Jul 2015
What do PCPs wish hospitalists would do?
A survey looks at what PCPs want from their professional relationships with hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/PCPs-hospitalists-communication.htm
15 Sep 2015
Acute decompensated heart failure
Morning Report, a new feature, discusses the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional but realistic hospital case from admission to discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/morning-report-heart-failure.htm
15 Oct 2015
Patient navigator program reduces length of stay
A 442-bed acute care urban academic health center in Toronto decreased length of stay by improving patient-physician communication and handoffs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/success-story-length-of-stay.htm
15 Nov 2015
Pneumonia
Treatment, documentation, and follow-up for CAP, HCAP, HCAP, and VAP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/morning-report-pneumonia.htm
15 Jan 2016
CMS-funded intervention reduces Medicare readmissions by nearly 10%, study finds
The intervention entailed transitional care consultants, who were social workers, following up with high-risk patients after discharge, providing medication management, support services, and clarification of discharge instructions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/3.htm
20 Apr 2016
Hard data lacking on postdischarge follow-up
The literature on postdischarge clinics has traditionally been complicated because patients who visit them are not random.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/05/11/1.htm
11 May 2016
Primary care, discharging, and admitting physicians disagree about readmission causes
The physicians most commonly cited factors related to patient understanding and ability to self-manage as contributing causes to readmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/22/1.htm
22 Jun 2016
Hard data lacking on postdischarge follow-up
Effectiveness of hospital clinics and phone calls examined.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/postdischarge-follow-up.htm
15 Jul 2016