Search results for "Nursing Homes"
COPD education, gender of leaders, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2020
Guarding against CAUTI
Are efforts to fight catheter-associated urinary tract infections worth the cost?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/CAUTI.htm
15 May 2015
Notes from the field: Hospital medicine in Japan
In Japan, hospital medicine may help to resolve several pressing issues, the biggest being the aging population.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2017
Perfecting post-acute care
Hospitalists take bigger role in postdischarge decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/post-acute-care.htm
15 Apr 2016
In the News
Report shows slowdown in hospital cost increases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/itn.htm
15 Oct 2008
An order not to hospitalize
A researcher discusses a study on this type of advance directive.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/q-and-a-do-not-hospitalize.htm
15 Aug 2017
Recent Research
Lower-extremity revascularization in nursing home residents, guidance on contact precautions for hospital visitors, treatment in-hospital strokes versus community-onset strokes, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/recent-research.htm
15 Jul 2015
Helping homeless patients during COVID-19
Hospitalists have been working to improve outcomes for a vulnerable population.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/helping-homeless-patients-during-covid-19.htm
15 Sep 2020
ESKD patients more likely to survive procedures when dialysis done closer to surgery
The 90-day mortality rate after a surgical procedure was 5.2% in Medicare patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) who last underwent dialysis three days prior to surgery, compared to 4.7% with dialysis two days prior and 4.2% with it one day prior, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/09/eskd-patients-more-likely-to-survive-procedures-when-dialysis-done-closer-to-surgery.htm
9 Nov 2022
Top Docs
Our fifth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes 10 dedicated physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2012