Search results for "Postdischarge Care"
Transitional interventions cost-effective for elderly heart failure patients, model shows
A model of recently hospitalized 75-year-old heart failure patients found that disease management clinics, nurse home visits, and nurse case management were all more cost-effective than standard care, with the home visits offering the greatest value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/29/3.htm
29 Jan 2020
June 2021
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/
January 17, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/17/
Cognitive biases affect decisions about whether to go to a SNF after discharge
Clinicians tended to frame skilled nursing facility (SNF) care in terms of “safety” and “rehab” while more often emphasizing the risks of other postacute care options, interviews found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/28/3.htm
28 Aug 2019
December 21, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/21/
Sex differences prevalent in acute MI presentation and treatment
One recent study looked at outcomes after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in older men compared to women, while another examined the effect of sex-specific diagnostic thresholds for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2019
November 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/
Cardiovascular risks significantly elevated for a month after a sepsis hospitalization
Younger sepsis patients, in particular, had higher risk of myocardial infarction or stroke than similar patients who had been hospitalized for other conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/19/4.htm
19 Sep 2018
ED visits after discharge to SNF cost Medicare $24 million in 2019
Sixteen percent of Medicare patients who were discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) came back to the ED within two weeks, and a quarter of those visits resulted in discharge back to the SNF the same day.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/ed-visits-after-discharge-to-snf-cost-medicare-24-million-in-2019.htm
1 Nov 2023
Postdischarge facilities best target for reducing bundled spending, studies find
Researchers found that postdischarge care was responsible for 44% of the average total cost of studied Medicare hospitalization bundles, compared to 53% from inpatient spending and 3% from preadmission spending.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/12/09/2.htm
9 Dec 2015