Search results for "Procedures"
Accurate coding for transfer to post-discharge facilities
Accurate ICD-9-CM codes for diagnoses and procedures performed during a hospital stay will only partially determine payment. Discharge status codes must be given equal attention.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2009
Spontaneous awakening trials: How to increase adherence in the ICU
Research is one thing, and practice quite another. It’s been nine years since a New England Journal of Medicine study showed ICU patients recover more quickly when their sedation medication is routinely stopped. It’s been over a year and a half since a Lancet study found that combining this practice, called spontaneous awakening trials, with spontaneous breathing trials further decreased patients’ time on mechanical ventilation and in the ICU. Yet a sizable number of hospitals still don’t do it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/sedation.htm
15 Sep 2009
Hospitalist Web site streamlines signouts, helps communication
At St. John’s Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo., a hospitalist-developed Web site makes it easy to identify and contact each patient’s attending physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/success.htm
15 Sep 2009
Letter from the Editor
Studies have shown that critically ill patients who are given “sedation vacationsâ€ï¿½ consisting of spontaneous awakening trials (SATs) and spontaneous breathing trials spend less time on the ventilator and less time in the ICU overall. But many hospitals don’t follow written policy on performing SATs, and a large proportion don’t use SATs in the majority of their patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2009
Too much information
A medical student recounts her experience as a patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/student.htm
15 Sep 2009
A tick's tale
People have always been fascinated by medical comedies, medical dramas and medical reality shows. One of the most interesting of the current crop has to be “House, M.D.â€ï¿½â€”not because it is the most believable, but because it is by far the most inaccurate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/09/newman.htm
15 Sep 2009
Hospital costs for potentially preventable hospitalizations were about one ...
extremity amputations 83 37 $1,636. Circulatory diseasesAngina without procedure 80 36 $380 Congestive heart failure 1,047 466 $8,381 Hypertension 119 53 $606.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/acph-200910-trends.pdf
23 Sep 2009
acp-hosp0910:acp-hosp0910
CMS UPDATES PAYMENTS, QUALITY MEASURES FOR 2010By Deborah Hale. Change is a constant in the documentation and coding ofdiagnoses and procedures for inpatient hospital stays.October 1 is an important time
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/acph-200910-coding_t1.pdf
29 Sep 2009
CMS updates payments, quality measures for 2010
October 1 is an important time to evaluate coding changes because it's when CMS’ annual update to the inpatient prospective payment system (MS-DRGs) takes effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2009
Man meets dog
In the hospital for a series of tests, Mary C. looks forward to a visitor, Casey. When he arrives, Mary's face lights up in anticipation of his warm greeting. But first he has to go through the required alcohol gel routine: one paw at a time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/profile.htm
15 Oct 2009