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July 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/
Could less be more in care transitions?
Interventions to improve the quality of care transitions may work better when they are less complex, say researchers who offer some ideas for future efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/could-less-be-more-in-care-transitions.htm
31 Jan 2024
Risk for adverse outcomes after early-onset MI appears higher in Black patients
Researchers calculated that 45.7% of race-related disparity in major adverse cardiac events after myocardial infarction (MI) among younger and middle-aged patients was due to lower income, highlighting the importance of social determinants of health.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/09/01/3.htm
1 Sep 2021
A job for AI
Experts assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden of documentation and coding.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/08/free/a-job-for-ai.htm
8 Nov 2023
Third-party partnerships influenced hospitals' participation in bundled payment programs
Compared to hospitals without third-party partnerships, those that partnered with private consulting firms in Medicare's voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative were more likely to select inpatient clinical episodes with higher target prices, leading to greater savings opportunities, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/11/4.htm
11 Aug 2021
Cases from the Medical College of Wisconsin
A mycotic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/free/cases-from-the-medical-college-of-wisconsin.htm
28 Feb 2024
Women hospitalized for heart failure may have lower quality of life than men
Women and men with acute heart failure had similar clinical outcomes and risk of mortality and rehospitalization, but there were differences in therapy and women reported lower health-related quality of life, a retrospective analysis of a trial found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/3.htm
17 Mar 2021
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue highlights key sessions at Internal Medicine Meeting 2016 on such topics as dermatology, postdischarge follow-up, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2016
Delays in ICU transfer increase mortality, LOS, but early warning score may help, study finds
Researchers retrospectively applied the previously published electronic Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (eCART) score, which utilizes demographics, vital signs, and laboratory data as an objective measure of critical illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/2.htm
13 Jul 2016
Sickest patients score hospital clinicians lower on responsiveness, communication
Overall, patients judged to be at high risk of dying were less likely to choose the top box score for all Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey domains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/08/2.htm
8 Jun 2016