Search results for "Nursing Homes"
Readmission project failed to reduce readmissions or mortality, Swiss study finds
An accompanying editorial by Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, offered thoughts on why several recent interventions haven't budged readmissions and where to go from here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/readmission-project-failed-to-reduce-readmissions-or-mortality-swiss-study-finds.htm
10 May 2023
Larger, for-profit hospitals use feeding tubes more often in some patients
Patients with superficial vein thrombosis may also have DVTLower-than-standard dose of rt-PA just as effective for PTE
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/17/2.htm
17 Feb 2010
Telemonitoring after COVID-19 care
Patients who had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 were called by clinicians after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/success-story-telemonitoring-after-covid-19-care.htm
15 Nov 2020
The rise of the neurohospitalist
Neurologists who specialize in inpatient work are finding their skills in high demand. A shortage of community neurologists willing to take call and a rapid expansion in treatments for complex neurological conditions over the past decade are helping to drive the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/06/neuro.htm
15 Jun 2010
Acinetobacter baumannii infections increasingly resistant to antibiotics
The highest prevalence of resistance was to doripenem (90.3%), followed by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (55.3%). The lowest rate of resistance was to colistin at 5.3%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/4.htm
16 Sep 2015
Hospital medicine matures
Post-acute care is emerging as a dedicated field of practice on a path similar to hospital medicine's a decade or so ago.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/coverstory.htm
15 Oct 2012
A different kind of hospital ranking
Two physicians explain why their health care think tank has started ranking U.S. hospitals by social responsibility, including whether facilities avoid low-value care and pay their employees equitably.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/02/a-different-kind-of-hospital-ranking.htm
2 Mar 2022
Most C. diff infections tied to health care exposure
Nearly all Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are associated with health care exposure, though actual CDI onset most often occurs in non-hospital settings, according to a new report.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/03/14/4.htm
14 Mar 2012
Cardiac complications are common in community-acquired pneumonia, study finds
Cardiac complications are frequently seen in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and may increase short-term mortality, according to a new study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/11/5.htm
11 Jan 2012
Technology connects geriatricians and hospitalists to nursing home staff
Program improves quality of clinical care for older patients in long-term care facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/technology-nursing-homes.htm
15 Jul 2015