Search results for "Transitions of Care"
Take the C-TraIn
Oregon Health ##amp; Science University helped improve transitions by paying community clinics to serve as medical homes for low-income patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ctrain.htm
15 Mar 2012
Hospital medicine courses abound at Internal Medicine 2012
ACP's meeting in New Orleans promises many offerings for hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/conference.htm
15 Feb 2012
Most Medicare demos fail to reduce costs
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed recent Medicare demonstration projects and concluded that most have not reduced costs, but those that did had certain specific characteristics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/01/5.htm
1 Feb 2012
Hospitalists outside the hospital
Concerns about readmission rates and care transitions are leading some hospitalists to treat patients in the outpatient setting.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/discharge.htm
15 Dec 2011
Discharges to subacute care leave out key info
Discharge summaries for patients moving to subacute care frequently omitted critical information, a study of one academic medical center found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/09/21/2.htm
21 Sep 2011
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Newman, MD; James A. Wilkens, MD; Deanne T. Kashiwagi, MD. This four-day continuing course features medical updates and management strategies on various diseases, including: Complex Hospital Case Review Transitions of ... Care Medical Complications of Pregnancy Literature Update.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/acph-201109-coding2.pdf
7 Sep 2011
Learning from the best
Interviewing personnel at “best” and “worst” hospitals yielded some interesting findings.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/qa.htm
15 Aug 2011
Reducing unnecessary testing
Efforts to test more judiciously represent a dramatic shift in the way physicians use tests to aid diagnosis and guide treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/coverstory.htm
15 Jul 2011
The scourge of seven on/seven off
How many soccer games have you missed because of your work schedule? How often has your spouse had to eat dinner without you?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/perspectives.htm
15 May 2011
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