Search results for "Heart Failure"
Paying by numbers
CMS's new MS-DRG codes require more precise diagnostic reporting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/numbers.htm
15 Mar 2008
Test yourself: Health care-associated infections
Health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/test.htm
15 Apr 2008
Hospitalists implement disease management strategies
Some hospitals are seeing fewer readmissions for CHF, stroke and other conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/strategies.htm
15 May 2008
In the News
Hospital Medicine 2008; new rules from CMS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/itn.htm
15 May 2008
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about heart failure after noncardiac surgery, in-hospital PCI, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/journal.htm
15 Jun 2008
Stopping clots in their tracks
An expert gives tips on when and how to use prophylaxis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/clots.htm
15 Jun 2008
When a treatment is worse than the disease
When a treatment is worse than the disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/treatment.htm
15 Jun 2008
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about antipsychotic use in the elderly, heart failure hospitalizations, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/journal.htm
15 Jul 2008
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about improving CPR, post-stroke depression treatment, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/journal.htm
15 Aug 2008
acp-hosp0809.qxd
ACE inhibitor, ARB in heart failure, antiplatelets in CAD, beta-blocker in CAD with prior MI, DVT prophylaxis in stroke, antiplatelets in stroke,. ... The denominator population encom-passes patients with an ICD-9 heart failure code AND CPT E/M service code 99238 or 99239.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/acph-200809-heart_t1.pdf
5 Sep 2008