Search results for "Transitions of Care"
Letter from the Editor
Improving transitions of care is one of the top goals facing hospitals and hospitalists today. Happily, it's one that doesn't require a lot of technology to achieve.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/lfe.htm
15 Feb 2010
Failure to follow up on inpatient test results is common
A significant percentage of tests performed in the hospital are not followed up, according to a new systematic review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/16/4.htm
16 Feb 2011
Taking charge after discharge
Medicare payment penalties have helped spur the industry's growth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/discharge.htm
15 Jan 2013
Your next hire could be right down the hall
Physicians who move from the community to the hospital mid-career present a potential solution to the hospitalist field's perennial workforce shortage. They also offer some benefits and challenges that differ from those of their hospitalist-track peers. Hospitalist leaders who note those differences and find the means to take advantage of them, are on track to building well-balanced, high-functioning hospitalist teams.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/cover.htm
15 Oct 2008
The different ways hospitals pay
Incentive compensation aims to improve quality and productivity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/money.htm
15 Oct 2010
March 22, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/22/
An individual effort to smooth transitions
A primary care nurse practitioner visited her patients during and after hospital admissions to improve transitions of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/success-story-smooth-transitions.htm
15 Sep 2017
Electronic medication reconciliation not associated with better postdischarge outcomes
A recent cluster randomized trial looked at whether an electronic system that retrieved insurer information on outpatient medications affected adverse drug events, readmissions, or mortality in the 30 days after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/3.htm
25 Sep 2019
Sending patients home with a little extra care
Campaign advances care for home health patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/home-health.htm
15 Aug 2007
Finding atrial fibrillation in the hospital
Challenges include differentiating transient and persistent cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/08/finding-atrial-fibrillation-in-the-hospital.htm
15 Aug 2019