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New internists choosing to be hospitalists
A study finding that inpatient practice was the overwhelming practice choice of recently certified general internal medicine physicians highlights problems with medical payments and training, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-internists-choosing-to-be-hospitalists.htm
22 Jun 2022
Pneumocystis pneumonia in an HIV-negative patient
A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, and inclusion-body myositis presented with fatigue, nausea, and vomiting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/free/brief-case-pneumocystis-pneumonia-in-an-hiv-negative-patient.htm
15 Jun 2022
Study finds low adherence to price transparency mandate across U.S. hospitals
As of Jan. 1, 2021, a federal rule requires hospitals to disclose five types of standard charges for all services and to provide a consumer-friendly display for at least 300 services. Six to nine months after it went into effect, more than half of hospitals had met neither requirement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/study-finds-low-adherence-to-price-transparency-mandate-across-us-hospitals.htm
15 Jun 2022
The cost of hospitalists
The lead author of a recent study finding that hospitalists bill higher than primary care physicians when seeing Medicare inpatients says that productivity bonus pay is problematic for the health care system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/08/the-cost-of-hospitalists.htm
8 Jun 2022
Rounding with laptops may make residents more efficient, small study finds
Residents on one internal medicine team who were given a novel workflow and a mobile laptop for three months were significantly more likely to place progress notes during rounding hours and sign discharge summaries within 24 hours of discharge than comparison control teams.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/18/rounding-with-laptops-may-make-residents-more-efficient.htm
18 May 2022
Electronic alert based on deterioration score associated with lower inpatient mortality
The pre/post design of the study meant that causation could not be established, but a significant increase in ICU transfers, a decrease in time to ICU transfer, and an increase in vital sign reassessments suggested that the alerts helped, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/05/04/electronic-alert-based-on-deterioration-score-associated-with-lower-inpatient-mortality.htm
4 May 2022
Heart failure hospitalizations, costs increasing among young adults
Heart failure hospitalizations among adults ages 18 to 45 years increased from 2013 to 2018. More than half of patients were Black, and 45.8% lived in ZIP codes in the lowest quartile of national household income, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/heart-failure-hospitalizations-costs-increasing-among-young-adults.htm
27 Apr 2022
Diabetes hospitalizations declined overall, increased in young adults
Data from the National Inpatient Sample and from 11 states showed that diabetes-specific U.S. hospitalizations decreased by 3.1% overall from 2008 to 2016/2017 but increased by 10.5% to 81.5% among patients 18 to 29 years of age.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/13/diabetes-hospitalizations-declined-overall-increased-in-young-adults.htm
13 Apr 2022
Isolation intensifies ICU impacts
The senior author of a recent study discusses the potential link between social isolation and increased disability and mortality after hospitalization for a critical illness, and what this might mean in the era of COVID-19.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/30/free/isolation-intensifies-icu-impacts.htm
30 Mar 2022
Benefits of dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, ECMO; air sampling after aerosol-generating procedures
A health system reported outcomes at two hospitals created to treat only COVID-19. Another found that 42.9% of COVID-19 patients who got ECMO died, compared to 89.1% when it wasn't available. A sampling study compared viral particles in the air with different procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/09/free/benefits-of-dedicated-covid-19-hospitals-ECMO-air-sampling-after-aerosol-generating-procedures.htm
9 Mar 2022