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Hospital at home plus transition care reduced readmissions, improved patient satisfaction

This intervention differed from previous hospital-at-home trials by including more diagnoses and 30 days of postacute care to improve care coordination, facilitate access, and enhance postacute illness self-management.

Closed-loop systems may improve inpatient glycemic control over subcutaneous insulin delivery

Inpatients with type 2 diabetes who received automated closed-loop delivery of insulin spent more time in the target blood glucose range than those who received insulin subcutaneously, with no difference in rates of hypoglycemia.

Adding telemedicine to ICUs in VA hospitals reduced transfers of sickest patients

After hospitals implemented telemedicine support, interhospital transfers were reduced for all categories of ICU patients except those with the lowest severity of illness.

Sodium bicarbonate did not improve survival in ICU patients with metabolic acidemia

The trial randomized adult patients with severe metabolic acidemia within 48 hours of ICU admission to either 4.2% IV sodium bicarbonate infusion to maintain arterial pH above 7.30 or no sodium bicarbonate.

Nominate a Top Hospitalist

ACP Hospitalist is currently seeking nominations for our 11th annual Top Hospitalists issue. The nomination deadline is July 30, 2018.

And the winner is …

ACP Hospitalist Weekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.