Search results for "healthy"
March issue online and in the mail
This issue is all about improving patient health by methods other than prescribing drugs, including antibiotic stewardship, alternatives to opioids, and programs to meet social needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/5.htm
13 Mar 2019
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
Frail elderly account for majority of potentially preventable Medicare spending
Spending was compared among six groups of Medicare beneficiaries: nonelderly disabled, frail elderly, major complex chronic, minor complex chronic, simple chronic, and relatively healthy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/18/4.htm
18 Oct 2017
Primum non nocere
Two hospitalists muse on the current pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/09/primum-non-nocere.htm
15 Sep 2020
Disadvantaged neighborhoods and safety-net hospitals had higher readmission rates
A retrospective analysis of Maryland hospital patients found that 30-day readmission rates varied from 14.1% to 12.5% with the disadvantage level of patients' home neighborhoods and from 14.8% to 11.6% with a hospital's safety-net status.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/03/4.htm
3 Jul 2019
New antibiotic approved for hospital-acquired pneumonia
The FDA approved sulbactam and durlobactam for injection to treat hospital-acquired or ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by susceptible strains of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, among other recent actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/new-antibiotic-approved-for-hospital-acquired-pneumonia.htm
5 Jul 2023
Deep in the ticks of Texas
A young physician's job in the animal industry led to a new understanding of disease spread.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/31/free/deep-in-the-ticks-of-texas.htm
31 Aug 2022
High-sensitivity troponin identified more myocardial infarctions, didn't affect mortality
The study's authors expected the introduction of a high-sensitivity assay to improve outcomes, so the results raise questions about the appropriate diagnostic threshold for myocardial infarction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/12/2.htm
12 Sep 2018
The carbon footprint of care
Health care organizations' emissions are working against their efforts to improve health, and it's time for change, an expert says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/07/the-carbon-footprint-of-care.htm
7 Dec 2022
Study links cardiac rehab after acute MI with lower mortality but not improved health outcomes
Cardiac rehab participants and nonparticipants both experienced improvements in health status outcomes in the 12 months after discharge, but there were no clinical differences between groups in the mean scores on both survey instruments.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/5.htm
2 Nov 2016