Search results for "Nutrition"
Frozen hospitals powered through
When Uri hit Texas, hospitalists had to overcome novel challenges.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/frozen-hospitals-powered-through.htm
15 Sep 2021
Pulmonary rehabilitation within 90 days of discharge for COPD linked to lower mortality
Although an analysis of Medicare fee-for-service data from 2014 found significant benefits to pulmonary rehab within 90 days of discharge after a hospitalization for COPD, it also revealed that only 1.5% of studied patients received this care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/6.htm
20 May 2020
Hospitalist telehealth services
Medicare pays for three types of telehealth: telemedicine, virtual check-in, and e-visits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/coding-corner-hospitalist-telehealth-services.htm
15 Jan 2021
Making time for family
Collaboration with patients' families offers benefits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/making-time-for-family.htm
15 Oct 2018
Latest COVID-19 research looks at predictive biomarkers, timing of testing, health care worker infections
Lactate dehydrogenase and other biomarkers appear to predict risk of critical illness and death, and testing soon after exposure is associated with high rates of false negatives, new studies showed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/20/2.htm
20 May 2020
Home is where the hospital is
Learn how the hospital and the home are the same but different.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/newmans-notions-home-is-where.htm
15 Nov 2021
Monitored
A hospitalist encounters a new efficiency system.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/03/newmans-notions-monitored.htm
15 Mar 2020
Dementia in the hospital
The pandemic added to the pre-existing systemic and legal challenges clinicians face managing hospitalized patients with dementia and behavioral disturbances.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/09/dementia-in-the-hospital.htm
9 Feb 2022
Don't miss anaphylaxis in the hospital
One common error is to assume that anaphylaxis isn't present because the patient doesn't have hypotension or shock.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/17/3.htm
17 Apr 2019
In the News
Regionalized care teams and patient safety, guidelines for enteral nutrition in the critically ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2016