Search results for "End-of-Life Care"
Hospice referral often not timely in hemodialysis patients, study finds
The median length of hospice stay for Medicare patients receiving maintenance dialysis near the end of life was five days, and 41.5% received hospice services for three or fewer days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2018
LTAC use varies more by region and hospital than by patient-level factors
The study found 29 patient-level, three hospital-level, and five region-level independent predictors of transfer to a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC). After adjustment for case mix, differences between patients explained only 52.1% of the variation in LTAC use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/14/1.htm
14 Feb 2018
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/impacts-of-aid-in-dying-laws.htm
15 Jan 2018
Advance care planning
Medicare began paying for advance care planning services in 2016 to encourage such conversations and compensate clinicians for the time spent having them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/coding-advance-care-planning.htm
15 Dec 2017
Caring for prisoners
Coordination is key to ensuring smooth transitions and improving outcomes for patients coming to the hospital from prison or jail.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/caring-for-prisoners.htm
15 Oct 2017
When physician becomes patient
Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, discusses “When Breath Becomes Air.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/physician-becomes-patient.htm
15 Jun 2017
Nurses, but not family, found that quality of life program helped dying elderly patients
The Belgian study provided staff on acute geriatrics wards with a care guide for last days of life, training, supportive documentation, and a guide for implementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/4.htm
24 May 2017
Notes from the field: Hospital medicine in Japan
In Japan, hospital medicine may help to resolve several pressing issues, the biggest being the aging population.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2017
Study examines time to death, predictive factors after palliative extubation
After palliative extubation, mortality rates were 43% at 12 hours, 56% at 24 hours, 68% at 72 hours, and 79% at 96 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/15/3.htm
15 Jun 2016
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for chronic pain
CDC opioid recommendations, resuscitation timing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2016