Search results for "Nutrition"
Accurate coding improves payments, quality ratings
Accurate coding has a significant impact not only on a hospital or practice’s finances but also on quality ratings, as Medicare’s new coding system increasingly is being used to profile hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/documentation.htm
15 Jul 2009
Start at the top to get to the bottom of a diagnosis
Our columnists explain the “top downâ€ï¿½ or “working forwardâ€ï¿½ approach.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/mindful.htm
15 Jul 2009
The most basic therapy: food
Nutrition support experts want you to think of food as a drug. Not in the negative sense of addiction, but positively as a therapy that’s critical to helping hospitalized patients get better.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/nutrition.htm
15 Aug 2009
Test yourself: Nutrition
The following cases and commentary, which address nutrition, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/ty.htm
15 Aug 2009
Reporting malnutrition
Documenting malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis helps establish the severity of an underlying illness, improves publicly reported data, and can increase reimbursement to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2009
Letter from the Editor
Although nutrition is one of the most basic human needs, it’s often overlooked in the hospital. Studies have shown that, on average, enteral feeding meets only 50% of patients’ nutritional requirements, and it’s not uncommon for substantial caloric deficits to accumulate in the first week after hospital admission, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/lfe.htm
15 Aug 2009
From Mayo to McCord: A student's view
A medical student reflects on treating patients in South Africa.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/student.htm
15 Aug 2009
Hold on to your hospitalists
Compensation helps retention, but intangibles are important too. Learn how to foster a team environment that turns new hires into long-term employees.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/retention.htm
15 Oct 2009
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Disclosure of Unlabeled UseThis educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational usesof agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. ... Medical staff, nursing and case management, pharmacy,nutrition services, dietary services, laboratory, qualityimprovement, information systems, administration.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/acph-200912-hyperglycemia.pdf
23 Nov 2009
Test yourself: Rheumatology
The following cases and commentary, which address rheumatology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/12/test.htm
15 Dec 2009