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Testing for cellulitis, opioid use recommendations, and more

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2018

About 10% of home hospitalizations for HF require escalation of care

Median length of home hospital stay more than doubled when patients who were hospitalized at home for acute decompensated heart failure (HF) required transfer to an ED or medical inpatient unit, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/13/about-10percent-of-home-hospitalizations-for-hf-require-escalation-of-care.htm
13 Dec 2023

Readmissions and other frustrations

This month's issue focuses on reducing heart failure readmissions, improving ICU care, and combating sexual harassment in medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 May 2018

September 2016

ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/

Dedicated admitters didn't change length of stay but reduced readmissions, 1 hospital found

These results differed from the researchers' initial hypotheses that the admitter-rounder model would decrease ICU transfers, shorten ED length of stay, lengthen overall length of stay, and have no impact on readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/1.htm
27 Apr 2016

Readmission risk prediction models

Tips for choosing the best strategies for your hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/07/readmissions.htm
15 Jul 2014

Anticoagulation for heart failure and afib associated with reductions in mortality, but maybe not readmissions

Starting anticoagulation for older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation at hospital discharge was associated with improved mortality at 1 and 3 years but was not associated with improved rates of all-cause cardiovascular readmission or stroke, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/4.htm
17 Sep 2014