Search results for "Risk Assessment"
In the News
Guidelines on preventing MRSA and CLABSI in hospitals, how to curb readmissions, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2014
Venous thromboembolism in malignancy
Patients with a VTE have more than a fourfold increased risk for cancer compared with the general population. In patients with a known malignancy, the annual incidence of VTE is 1 in 200.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/expert-analysis-vte-malignancy.htm
15 Mar 2017
ACC, AHA release updated performance, quality measures for afib
The performance measures include 3 that are specific to inpatient care: documentation of risk scoring, an anticoagulation prescription, and a follow-up plan for warfarin management.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/29/1.htm
29 Jun 2016
Study finds racial disparities in hospitalization of patients presenting to ED with ACS
The proportion of patients who were discharged home from the ED with a diagnostic code of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was 12% among Black patients, 6% among White patients, 9% among Hispanic patients, and 9% among Asian/Pacific Islander patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/study-finds-racial-disparities-in-hospitalization-of-patients-presenting-to-ed-with-acs.htm
28 Sep 2022
Act early to avert AKI
Incidence of acute kidney injury is increasing, due in part to advances in medical care and an aging population, and hospitalists need to know how to manage it.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/kidney.htm
15 Oct 2013
Providing clinicians with prognostic data did not affect heart failure care
Readmissions and mortality were not significantly different between hospitalized heart failure patients who received care as usual and those whose records displayed an alert containing predicted risk of one-year mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/providing-clinicians-with-prognostic-data-did-not-affect-heart-failure-care.htm
17 Aug 2022
SHEA issues guidance on contact precautions for hospital visitors
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) recently released expert guidance on isolation precautions for hospital visitors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/04/22/2.htm
22 Apr 2015
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A group of cases focused on preoperative evaluation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/brief-case-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
15 Nov 2019
Wiping out falls
Systemic interventions help reduce patient risk.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/falls.htm
15 Aug 2008
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