Search results for "Health Care Costs"
Improving care by targeting ‘superutilizers'
Health care costs and readmissions are reduced by focusing on patients with frequent ED visits and hospitalizations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/success.htm
15 Dec 2014
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
Restrictive vs. liberal transfusion strategies may not matter after cardiac surgery
Restrictive transfusion thresholds after cardiac surgery didn't improve outcomes compared to liberal ones, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/03/18/1.htm
18 Mar 2015
Recent Research
C. diff risk, discharge bundles, transfusion strategies, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 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
Models show state-wide coordination could prevent many resistant infections
Individual hospitals' efforts to fight carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae will be significantly less effective than a collaborative effort among a network of hospitals and nursing homes, according to a study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/12/2.htm
12 Aug 2015
Quality over cost: New book focuses on physicians' role in improving value
The book's authors discuss the importance of high-value health care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/book-high-value-care.htm
15 Aug 2015
Heart failure gets a new drug
Sacubitril/valsartan attracted attention even before approval.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/heart-failure-drugs.htm
15 Sep 2015
Molecular testing for C. difficile leads to overdiagnosis, increased costs, study finds
Patients who had positive PCR tests for C. difficile but negative toxin immunoassays were unlikely to have C. difficile-related complications and deaths.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/1.htm
16 Sep 2015
Recent Research
Urinalysis orders, resistant infections, molecular C. diff testing, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2015