Search results for "Discharge planning"
Interventions at hospital discharge help transitions to primary care, but more research is needed
Certain interventions at hospital discharge appear to help improve handoffs to primary care, but more research is needed to determine how and why, a new study indicates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/09/19/5.htm
19 Sep 2012
In the News
Inpatient antibiotic prescribing, bundled payments and joint replacement costs, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2016
Follow up lowers readmissions, return ED visits for COPD patients
Restrictive transfusion strategy as safe as liberal strategy after cardiac surgery
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/20/2.htm
20 Oct 2010
Hospitalist-led ACE units show positive results
Two new trials of acute care for the elderly (ACE) services included hospitalists and found potential benefits to these alternative models of geriatric care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/17/4.htm
17 Aug 2011
Want to know why a patient's readmitted? Ask him.
Physicians, hospital administrators and even politicians are eagerly searching for ways to reduce hospital readmissions. But one closely involved party isn't typically consulted: the patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/readmission.htm
15 Apr 2011
Availability of postdischarge care associated with readmission rates
Hospitals in areas with more primary care physicians and licensed nursing home beds per capita had lower readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/availability-of-postdischarge-care-associated-with-readmission-rates.htm
6 Jul 2022
Secure texting system associated with reduced length of stay
The results could potentially be attributed to accelerated care coordination, fewer delays in medical decision making, or expedited discharge planning resulting from improved communication among clinicians, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/06/2.htm
6 Apr 2016
COVID-19 in community hospitals
Hospitalists describe the steps they've taken to prepare for the pandemic.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/covid-19-in-community-hospitals.htm
15 Apr 2020
In the News
Gender gap in hospitalist pay, residents and costs, guideline update on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/in-the-news.htm
15 Sep 2015
Sending patients home with a little extra care
Campaign advances care for home health patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/home-health.htm
15 Aug 2007