Search results for "Pressure ulcers"
Inpatient harms, readmissions declined in 2012 and 2013
Inpatient harms declined 9% between 2010 and 2012, while 30-day readmission rates fell 8% between 2012 and 2013, a new report from the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/05/14/1.htm
14 May 2014
Magnificent maggots
Sometimes the best treatment plan can include an effective and simple intervention of antiquity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/free/newman.htm
15 Nov 2015
Adverse event rates decline for heart attack, heart failure inpatients between 2005 and 2011
Adverse event rates for heart attack and heart failure patients declined from 2005-2011, but didn't decline for pneumonia patients or those recovering from surgery, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/29/1.htm
29 Jan 2014
Postoperative function, hip fracture, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2018
In the News
Hospital Medicine 2008; new rules from CMS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/itn.htm
15 May 2008
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about STEMI death rates in women vs. men, pressure ulcer treatements, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/journal.htm
15 Feb 2009
Adverse events found in nearly 1 in 4 hospital admissions
In a retrospective cohort study using a random sample of admissions at 11 hospitals in Massachusetts, clinicians judged 22.7% of adverse events to be preventable and 32.3% to be serious or worse.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/18/adverse-events-found-in-nearly-1-in-4-hospital-admissions.htm
18 Jan 2023
Whose documentation counts?
Understanding whose documentation can actually be used for inpatient coding purposes is often a source of confusion and controversy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2011
HCCs explained
Hierarchical condition categories (HCCs) are used by Medicare for risk adjustment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/coding-corner-hccs-explained.htm
15 Jun 2019
Functional quadriplegia
Functional quadriplegia is clinically comparable to physical quadriplegia but is rarely diagnosed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/05/coding.htm
15 May 2012