Search results for "Hospital at Home"
Overdose outcomes, chest pain triage, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2018
Patients with high trauma from hospitalization had more 30-day readmissions, ED visits
Disturbances in sleep, mobility, nutrition, and mood are common during hospitalization and may contribute to unplanned returns to the hospital after discharge, a prospective cohort study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/2.htm
12 Dec 2018
Acute care at home lowered costs, readmissions compared to standard inpatient care
The hospital-at-home program included daily physician visits, twice-daily nursing visits, specialist care by telemedicine, and continuous monitoring of vital signs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/18/1.htm
18 Dec 2019
Bringing the hospital home
Pilot projects are providing inpatient-level care in patients' homes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/bringing-the-hospital-home.htm
15 Mar 2020
Studies look at hospital at home, experimental therapy, mortality and readmissions in COVID-19
A virtual hospital and a trial of inhaled interferon-beta both reported success, studies compared COVID-19 and other critically ill patients, and mortality and readmission risks were quantified in recent pandemic research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/18/1.htm
18 Nov 2020
A COVID ward at home
Two physicians recently told ACP Hospitalist about how their health system got a planned program to provide acute-level care in patients' homes running in two weeks at the start of the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/11/25/3.htm
25 Nov 2020
Hospitalist telehealth services
Medicare pays for three types of telehealth: telemedicine, virtual check-in, and e-visits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/coding-corner-hospitalist-telehealth-services.htm
15 Jan 2021
Outcomes of hospital-level care at home comparable to hospitalization for older adults
A randomized trial of hospital at home found no difference in the proportion of patients who had died or were living at home at six months, although participants who had received care at home were less likely to be in long-term residential care than those who had been hospitalized.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/21/3.htm
21 Apr 2021
Uptake of hospital at home model differed by type, location of hospital
Of 144 U.S. hospitals that were approved for a CMS waiver allowing hospital at home programs, 18% had no teaching programs and only 0.7% were rural.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/2.htm
27 Oct 2021
Home is where the hospital is
Learn how the hospital and the home are the same but different.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/newmans-notions-home-is-where.htm
15 Nov 2021