Search results for "Health Care Costs"
Rapid testing for infectious disease
A potential boon but no magic bullet.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/rapid-tests-ID.htm
15 Jan 2016
Invasive strategy superior to conservative strategy in elderly with NSTEMI or unstable angina, study finds
Patients were at least 80 years of age and were randomly assigned to early coronary angiography with immediate percutaneous coronary intervention assessment, coronary artery bypass grafting, and optimum medical treatment, or a conservative strategy of optimum medical treatment only.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/2.htm
27 Jan 2016
Recent Research
Hyperglycemia and cerebral venous thrombosis outcomes, “opt-out” HIV screening, invasive versus conservative strategy in elderly cardiac patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2016
New-onset heart failure patients not receiving CAD testing during or after hospitalization
The authors calculated that more than 325,000 new heart failure patients might undergo inadequate assessment every year, with potential consequences including underuse of guideline-directed therapies and unnecessary resource use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2016
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2016
Rethinking cellulitis
Flaws in diagnosis, prescribing are common.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/rethinking-cellulitis.htm
15 Feb 2017
HEART score appears safe for ED triage of chest pain patients
The HEART score uses a patient's History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and initial Troponin to predict risk of major adverse cardiac events after an ED visit for chest pain.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/4.htm
26 Apr 2017
Adding ezetimibe to statin therapy after ACS may decrease hospitalizations, study finds
Once the drug is available as a generic, it could reduce health care costs for high-risk patients after acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the industry-funded study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/24/3.htm
24 May 2017
POCUS catches on
Credentialing and training hospitalists to use handheld ultrasounds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/pocus-catches-on.htm
15 Aug 2017
For delirium, manage environment as well as meds
Providing adequate lighting and reducing clutter are two examples.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/for-delirium-manage-environment-as-well-as-meds.htm
15 Jul 2018