Search results for "Admission decisions"
Admit to where?
Heart failure care can be improved by reducing variation between medicine and cardiology.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/admit-to-where.htm
15 Apr 2021
Study finds wide variation in ED physicians' hospital admission rates for Medicare patients
The results suggest that physician decision making in the ED substantially contributes to whether a patient is admitted and may be a target for interventions to reduce unnecessary admissions, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/4.htm
10 Feb 2021
The imperfection of ICU admission decisions
ICU clinicians and experts continue to hunt for methods to make intensive care high quality and high value.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/the-imperfection-of-icu-admission-decisions.htm
15 Feb 2019
February issue is online and in the mail
This issue highlights discussions around feeding tubes in advanced dementia and decision making about ICU admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/5.htm
13 Feb 2019
Physicians identify many of their own admissions as preventable
Differences in risk assessment and training between ED and medicine were reported to be factors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/qa-physicians-identify-many-of-their-own-admissions-as-preventable.htm
15 Jul 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
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
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
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
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