Search results for "High-value care"
Red blood cell transfusions in heart disease patients should be limited to cases of severe anemia, ACP recommends
Red blood cell transfusions should be restricted to cases of severe anemia in patients with heart disease, the American College of Physicians recommended in a clinical practice guideline published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/12/11/5.htm
11 Dec 2013
May 10, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/
EHR alert reduced unnecessary telemetry outside the ICU at one hospital
The reduction in telemetry use was smaller than that achieved with multicomponent interventions, but simply adding an electronic health record (EHR) alert is less costly and more scalable, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/2.htm
19 Dec 2018
October 18, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/
July 19, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/
April 5, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/05/
Low-value procedures associated with hospital-acquired complications, study finds
The authors said that future research should expand the focus to the consequences of low-value care to the health care system as well as the potential financial, psychological, and psychosocial harm to patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/06/1.htm
6 Mar 2019
January 26, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/26/
List offers opportunities to improve value in hospital medicine
Recommendations from the Right Care Alliance Hospital Medicine Council include checking orthostatic vital signs in patients with syncope before considering testing beyond an electrocardiogram.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/14/4.htm
14 Mar 2018
April 19, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/19/