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ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/
February 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/15/
PCMH model slowed growth in ED visits, but not hospitalizations
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) showed slower growth in expenditures for outpatient ED visits than non-PCMH practices, but the model wasn't associated with any decrease in hospitalizations, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/18/3.htm
18 Mar 2015
In the News
Septic shock, EHR access for inpatients, patient-centered medical home and hospitalizations, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2015
Death soon after ED discharge appears common in Medicare beneficiaries
Hospitals that admitted fewer patients from the ED had the highest rates of early death versus hospitals that admitted the most patients, although hospitals with lower admission rates appeared to serve healthier populations in general.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/08/3.htm
8 Feb 2017
ID specialists in the ED improved care for severe sepsis and septic shock
Having a dedicated ID team provide bedside evaluation within an hour of ED arrival increased compliance with the sepsis bundle and reduced 14-day mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/3.htm
21 Jun 2017
When readmissions went down, return visits to ED and observation went up
Researchers compared more than 200,000 hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, or pneumonia in 2009 and 2010 to matched hospitalizations in 2013 and 2014.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/06/3.htm
6 Dec 2017
Too much of a good thing?
Recent research shows excess oxygen supplementation can harm.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/oxygen-too-much-of-a-good-thing.htm
15 Nov 2018
Cardiac biomarkers may help identify high CV risk in CAP patients
Higher initial levels of cardiovascular proadrenomedullin, proendothelin-1, troponin T, pro B-type natriuretic peptide, and interleukin-6 were associated with cardiovascular (CV) events in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/14/2.htm
14 Aug 2019
Mortality after ED visits declined among Medicare beneficiaries from 2009 to 2016
Rates of 30-day mortality after an ED visit declined among patients admitted to the hospital and those discharged from the ED, and declines were greater for patients seen at teaching, nonprofit, or urban hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2019