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The road ahead for hospital medicine
During his plenary at SHM Converge 2022, Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, shared his thoughts on the future of hospital medicine, including changes in patient complexity and hospital finance, the catch-22 of hospital at home, and the potential impacts of technology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/20/the-road-ahead-for-hospital-medicine.htm
20 Apr 2022
Thoracic Park
Get ready for the medical remakes of your favorite blockbuster movies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/03/free/thoracic-park.htm
3 Aug 2022
Paying for hospital care at home
Traditional hospital-at-home models include costs for care, medications, and labs but do not cover the capital expenses that diagnosis-related group payments typically support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/paying-for-hospital-care-at-home.htm
1 Feb 2023
Heart failure care at home
The hospital at home model appears particularly suited to patients who require hospitalization for heart failure, a recent cardiology commentary said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/heart-failure-care-at-home.htm
14 Jun 2023
Study of Medicare claims finds good outcomes with hospital at home
Only 6.2% of Medicare fee-for-service patients who were hospitalized at home had to be escalated to another setting and 0.5% died during the admission, according to an analysis of 2022 to 2023 claims data. Their 30-day readmission rate was 15.6%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/study-of-medicare-claims-finds-good-outcomes-with-hospital-at-home.htm
10 Jan 2024