Search results for "Admission decisions"
February 2019
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/
Simple guidelines inform decisions about telemetry
A hospitalist's first instinct might be to order continuous cardiac monitoring for an ED patient with chest pain, but that could lead to inappropriate use of resources.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/telemetry.htm
15 Mar 2012
Observation status: making the right call
Understanding when to admit a patient to observation status or to inpatient status can be confusing and challenging##mdash;and so can knowing when it's appropriate to bill for one or the other.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2012
Too many or too few: Who belongs in the ICU?
Some experts are starting to question how the nation's critical care beds are being used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/02/coverstory.htm
15 Feb 2013
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians, not the hospital or case managers, are responsible for making the correct determination.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2013
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians must consider certain Medicare regulations, requirements when deciding whether to admit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2013
Is it pneumonia?
Concerns are growing that pneumonia is being overdiagnosed. Here's how you can stem the trend.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/03/pneumonia.htm
15 Mar 2014
Study identifies factors to predict poor outcomes in older patients discharged from the ED
Patients with cognitive impairment, change in the disposition plan from admit to discharge, systolic blood pressure less than 120 mm Hg, and pulse greater than 90 beats/min were more likely to die or be admitted to the ICU within a week of ED discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/09/3.htm
9 Mar 2016
ICU admission may not reduce mortality at 6 months in critically ill elderly patients
The randomized trial's findings support close examination of ICU admission decisions, with the potential to safely reduce ICU beds, care, and costs, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/04/3.htm
4 Oct 2017
ED physicians and hospitalists differ on potential preventability of admissions
Physicians interviewed for the study attributed the difference between the specialties' evaluations on which admissions were potentially preventable to differences in clinician training, risk assessment, and clinician understanding of outpatient access.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/24/4.htm
24 Jan 2018