Search results for "Care Transitions"
Caring for cancer survivors
Training in this area and how it can affect decisions during hospitalization can be lacking.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/cancer-survivors.htm
15 May 2014
Medicare readmission penalties examined
Advice is given on how hospitals and clinicians can avoid the pitfalls of the penalty program, and how policymakers could change it to operate more effectively.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/readmission.htm
15 Mar 2014
acp-hosp0000
Sepsis is a big deal and we haven’t talked about it yet asa care transitions community,” Dr. ... Boutwell said. The presenceof mood disorders and schizophrenia high on the list highlightsthe importance of behavioral health care, too, she said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/acph-201403-readmission_t1.pdf
28 Feb 2014
Failing to prevent heart failure readmissions
Hospitalist use was associated with greater adherence to heart failure performance measures,.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/02/qa.htm
15 Feb 2014
Recent Research
Post-stroke depression risk, side effects from statins, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2013
Care transitions program may help reduce 30-day readmissions
A new study suggests a program that helps older patients transition from hospital to home or other care facilities may reduce readmissions, though editorialists disagreed on the relevance of the results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/31/4.htm
31 Jul 2013
Recent Research
Rivaroxaban and CV events, afib and cognitive impairment, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/rr.htm
15 May 2013
In the News
Readmissions data, use of ICUs for heart failure, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/itn.htm
15 Apr 2013
Post-hospital syndrome
With no definitive method in place to keep patients from returning to the hospital, perhaps it's time to look at the problem in a new way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/coverstory.htm
15 Mar 2013
More at-home deaths in Medicare patients, but also more end-of-life ICU stays
More Medicare patients died at home in 2009 than in 2000, but there was also an increase in intensive care use during the last 30 days of life, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/13/2.htm
13 Feb 2013