Search results for "Substance abuse"
Rates of substance abuse treatment remain low for opioid use disorders
Use of inpatient treatment for opioid use disorder increased from 37.5% in 2004-2008 to 51.9% in 2009-2013.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2015
December 2010
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/
March 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/
Care disparities, barriers common in homeless patients hospitalized for acute MI
Coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and coronary artery bypass grafting were done less frequently in homeless patients, and homeless patients who did undergo PCI were more likely to receive bare-metal stents, according to a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/25/4.htm
25 Mar 2020
August 2014
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/
Hospitalizations, heart valve surgeries for drug-associated infective endocarditis increase
From 2007 to 2017, annual hospitalizations for drug use-associated infective endocarditis increased by about 12-fold in one state, with opioids implicated in nearly two-thirds of cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/2.htm
5 Dec 2018
To home or SNF?
Few tools and competing incentives make discharge decisions challenging.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/to-home-or-snf.htm
15 Sep 2019
About 70% of recent U.S. health data breaches compromised sensitive demographic, financial information
While the majority of breaches compromised information that could lead to identity theft, only 2% of breaches, which affected 2.4 million patients, compromised sensitive medical information.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/09/25/2.htm
25 Sep 2019
Dealing with addiction
Routine screening and treatment coordination for substance abuse are relatively rare.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/addiction.htm
15 Dec 2010
Nearly all patients received prescription opioids after an overdose, study finds
In the 90 days before an overdose, 56% of studied patients were dispensed a benzodiazepine, 59% had claims with a mental health diagnosis, and 41% had claims with a substance use disorder.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/13/2.htm
13 Jan 2016