Search results for "Comanagement"
Study finds low rates of CAD testing in patients with new-onset heart failure
Of 558,322 new heart failure patients, 34.8% received coronary artery disease (CAD) testing and 9.3% received revascularization within 90 days, which fell below expectations set by current guidelines, according to authors of a study of U.S. administrative claims data.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/02/study-finds-low-rates-of-cad-testing-in-patients-with-new-onset-heart-failure.htm
2 Mar 2022
Balancing act: How ACGME work-hour limits are changing hospital medicine
When the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education decided in 2003 to limit residents' work to 80 hours per week, opponents said that the change would be a disaster for hospital medicine. But while the ruling has presented staffing challenges, patients have not suffered and hospitalists are in higher demand than ever on the job market.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/10/cover-story.htm
15 Oct 2007
Comanagement commandments
Keep consultation relationships well-defined to avoid problems down the road.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/06/comanage.htm
15 Jun 2008
A path for patients returning after joint replacement
The orthopedics service worked with hospital medicine and took more readmitted patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/success-story-a-path-for-patients-returning-after-joint-replacement.htm
15 Oct 2020
Q&A: Answering before the surgeon calls
Did seeing high-risk surgical patients early reduce complications and length of stay?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/qa.htm
15 Apr 2010
Hospital medicine around the world
The field is catching on in several countries outside the U.S., Canada and Europe. Although the health care systems and situations may differ, supporters’ reasons for wanting hospital medicine to flourish there are often the same, and the barriers are often similar, as well.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/world.htm
15 Jul 2009
Should you seek a nephrology consultation when caring for patients with renal failure?
When should you seek a nephrology consultation in patients with renal failure?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/08/expert.htm
15 Aug 2009
Hospitalists can help alleviate intensivist shortage, study suggests
There was no difference in adjusted mortality or length of stay between medical ICU patients cared for by a hospitalist-led versus an intensivist-led team, a new study found, though intermediate- and high-acuity mechanically ventilated patients may benefit from care by intensivists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2011
Break the fracture cycle
Experts discuss how osteoporosis treatment rates can be raised from appalling to acceptable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/09/osteo.htm
15 Sep 2011
Hospitalist-only unit frees time, improves care
St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. saves an hour a day of hospitalists' time.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/time.htm
15 Oct 2008