Search results for "Care Transitions"
September 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/
Nearly half of inpatients with pneumonia or urinary tract infection were overprescribed antibiotics after discharge
The most common types of antibiotic overuse after discharge included excess duration for pneumonia and unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria, a retrospective cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2020
Getting SNF discharges up to snuff
Hospitalists are experimenting with videoconferences to help bridge the gap when patients are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/getting-snf-discharges-up-to-snuff.htm
13 Dec 2023
Nurse-led care transitions program for rural veterans didn't decrease overall costs
While the change in overall 30-day health care costs after hospitalization did not differ between participants and controls, program enrollees had a significantly smaller increase in inpatient costs and a significantly larger increase in outpatient costs from before hospitalization to after.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/07/nurse-led-care-transitions-program-for-rural-veterans-didnt-decrease-overall-costs.htm
7 Sep 2022
Postdischarge home visit program appeared most effective for patients with cognitive impairment
Participating patients were seen at home within five days of discharge and again the following week by a nurse practitioner who provided medication reconciliation, chronic illness management, patient education, and various assessments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/27/4.htm
27 Feb 2019
December 2011
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/
Improving in-hospital handoffs
Any physicians who hand off patients may want to consider how well their messages are being understood, especially because patient safety is at stake.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/4.htm
17 Apr 2019
May 10, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
March 2, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/02/
Hospitals with more postdischarge ED visits have fewer readmissions, study finds
The analysis of Medicare data found wide variation among the hospitals in their ED visit rates among patients recently hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/21/3.htm
21 Mar 2018