Search results for "Trends"
Getting SNF discharges up to snuff
Hospitalists are experimenting with videoconferences to help bridge the gap when patients are discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/getting-snf-discharges-up-to-snuff.htm
13 Dec 2023
Use of noninvasive ventilation at end of life rapidly increased in recent years
Among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized in the last 30 days of life, use of noninvasive ventilation increased ninefold from 2000 to 2017, while use of invasive mechanical ventilation remained relatively stable. Noninvasive ventilation was associated with better end-of-life care measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/28/3.htm
28 Oct 2020
Catching postop problems
An expert offers tips on dealing with postoperative fever, urinary retention, nausea and vomiting, acute kidney injury, and atrial fibrillation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/22/catching-postop-problems.htm
22 Nov 2023
Hospitalist care associated with slightly higher costs, readmissions among patients discharged to SNFs
Patients treated by hospitalists did show a trend toward lower 30-day mortality than those treated by nonhospitalists, according to a retrospective analysis of fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/10/30/3.htm
30 Oct 2019
Walk this way
Increasing inpatient mobility is a common goal, but hospitals struggle to make it happen. Experts offer their advice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/09/27/walk-this-way.htm
27 Sep 2023
Studies look at how COVID-19 mortality varied by hospital, over time
Hospital strain seems to be a significant factor in patients' mortality from COVID-19, according to a study analyzing deaths among ICU patients by hospital and another comparing March and April 2020 outcomes to those later in the year.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/05/2.htm
5 May 2021
Illicitly manufactured fentanyls involved in increasing number of U.S. overdose deaths
From July 2019 to December 2020, sharp increases were seen in deaths involving illicitly manufactured fentanyls in midwestern (33.1%), southern (64.7%), and western (93.9%) jurisdictions, federal data indicate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/12/22/4.htm
22 Dec 2021
July 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/07/
Studies assess responses, reactions to vaccines; long-term effects of COVID-19 infection
Recent COVID-19 vaccine studies showed good response in pregnant women, as well as possible localized rashes from the Moderna vaccine. Analyses of ICU patients and those treated at a post-COVID-19 clinic highlighted the long-term effects of the virus, and a study found that dialysis patients maintained antibodies six months after COVID-19 infection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/19/2.htm
19 May 2021
January 2007
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/01/