Search results for "Pneumonia"
CMS quality demo pays dividends for hospitals, but not always financially
Results from the first three years of the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) suggest that while bonuses were something to shoot for, they weren't the primary motivators for most participants. Instead, some hospitals viewed their participation as an opportunity to implement a tracking system, identify areas for improvement and see how they stacked up against other hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cover-story.htm
15 Sep 2007
CMS issues final reimbursement rules
CMS recently issued final rules on payment for inpatient hospital services and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cms.htm
15 Sep 2007
MKSAP primer: Acute complications of diabetes mellitus
The major acute complications of diabetes are the hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic emergencies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/complications.htm
15 Sep 2007
Inpatient glucose control
A 71-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes is hospitalized with new congestive heart failure... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/inpatient-glucose.htm
15 Sep 2007
Hospital-acquired pneumonia in the elderly
An excerpt taken from Pulmonary Disorders of the Elderly, a new publication from ACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/pneumonia.htm
15 Oct 2007
Applying best evidence to perioperative assessment
Knowing what to look for is one key to determining risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/determine-risk.htm
15 Oct 2007
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
Journal watch
Recent studies about S. aureus infection, hospitalist care reducing lengths of stay, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/journal.htm
15 Nov 2007
Table 1
CDC surveillance definition for clinical diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Radiologic signs Two or more serial chest radiographs with at least one.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/acph-200712-vap-qm_t1.pdf
7 Dec 2007
Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates: The wrong quality measure
Legislators, payers and quality-of-care advocates across the nation are considering requiring hospitals to report ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates as a way to benchmark quality of care and penalize poor performers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/12/vap-qm.htm
15 Dec 2007