Search results for "Care Transitions"
It takes a community
The Camden Coalition in New Jersey and other health care systems are addressing the problem of hospital readmissions by bringing people together at the local level.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/readmissions.htm
15 May 2010
Hospitalists outside the hospital
Concerns about readmission rates and care transitions are leading some hospitalists to treat patients in the outpatient setting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/discharge.htm
15 Dec 2011
E-learning for everyone
Virtual patients expose students and physicians to a wide range of clinical scenarios.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/02/elearning.htm
15 Feb 2008
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
Lost in transition
Medication discrepancies between hospitals and skilled nursing facilities are common. Learn why and what you can do about it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/snf.htm
15 Sep 2009
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
Three steps to addressing, and possibly avoiding, return ED visits
Clear communication with patients is needed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/readmissions.htm
15 Dec 2014
October 11, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/11/
Medicare proposes changes to conditions of participation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed major changes to existing regulations last week, with the release of two sets of proposed rules and one finalized rule that the agency predicts will save the health care system nearly $1.1 billion per year by removing unnecessary regulations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/26/1.htm
26 Oct 2011
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