Search results for "Transitions of Care"
Nine transitional care interventions for heart failure may help optimize outcomes
Nine interventions for transitions of care in heart failure may assist in achieving optimal clinical and patient-centered outcomes, according to a scientific statement that addressed patient, hospital, and clinician barriers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/28/3.htm
28 Jan 2015
When patients won't leave
Strategies to achieve a timely discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/discharge-strategies.htm
15 Apr 2015
In the News
Overuse of tests, reproductive-age women and opioids, counseling on sexual activity after MI, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/04/in-the-news.htm
15 Apr 2015
Seeing readmissions from the patient's point of view
Researchers begin to investigate patient-reported outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/patient-readmissions.htm
15 Sep 2015
Acute decompensated heart failure
Morning Report, a new feature, discusses the clinical and administrative aspects of a fictional but realistic hospital case from admission to discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/morning-report-heart-failure.htm
15 Oct 2015
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/mobile-apps.htm
15 Dec 2015
Pneumonia
Treatment, documentation, and follow-up for CAP, HCAP, HCAP, and VAP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/morning-report-pneumonia.htm
15 Jan 2016
Outpatient follow-up, readmission rates higher for direct-arrival vs. transferred-in MI patients, study finds
Likelihood of follow-up in an outpatient clinic and 30-day mortality and readmission risks were compared between patients who presented directly to a hospital with MI and those who were transferred for MI care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/02/03/3.htm
3 Feb 2016
Follow-up within 6 weeks of discharge for acute MI linked to greater medication adherence
Compared with patients with earlier follow-up, those with longer times between discharge and their first appointment were more likely to be men, to be black, and to live in communities with lower socioeconomic status.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/30/3.htm
30 Mar 2016
Perfecting post-acute care
Hospitalists take bigger role in postdischarge decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/post-acute-care.htm
15 Apr 2016