Search results for "Readmissions"
Testing for cellulitis, opioid use recommendations, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2018
Dig into the numbers
Hospitalists are finding career opportunities helping their hospitals use data to improve care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/30/free/dig-into-the-numbers.htm
30 Aug 2023
Readmissions metrics, procalcitonin testing in CAP, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2017
Dedicated admitters didn't change length of stay but reduced readmissions, 1 hospital found
These results differed from the researchers' initial hypotheses that the admitter-rounder model would decrease ICU transfers, shorten ED length of stay, lengthen overall length of stay, and have no impact on readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/1.htm
27 Apr 2016
Readmissions and other frustrations
This month's issue focuses on reducing heart failure readmissions, improving ICU care, and combating sexual harassment in medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2018
Anticoagulation for heart failure and afib associated with reductions in mortality, but maybe not readmissions
Starting anticoagulation for older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation at hospital discharge was associated with improved mortality at 1 and 3 years but was not associated with improved rates of all-cause cardiovascular readmission or stroke, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/4.htm
17 Sep 2014
POCUS for DVT, inpatient digoxin
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2020
September 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/
August 2016
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/
Readmission risk prediction models
Tips for choosing the best strategies for your hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/readmissions.htm
15 Jul 2014