Search results for "Heart failure"
Hospitals with higher proportion of Black patients hit with value-based Medicare penalties
Mortality rates for myocardial infarction and pneumonia were consistently higher at hospitals that treated a high proportion of Black patients, and that didn't change after implementation of Medicare's value-based payment program, a 10-year study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/hospitals-with-higher-proportion-of-black-patients-hit-with-value-based-medicare-penalties.htm
10 Jan 2024
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
Memory problems common, under-recognized in older heart failure patients
Many more elderly patients with heart failure have cognitive impairment than their treating cardiologists realize, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/05/4.htm
5 Feb 2014
Certain heart failure patients less likely to receive guideline-adherent care
Inpatients with heart failure as a primary diagnosis were more likely to receive guideline-recommended care than inpatients with heart failure as a secondary diagnosis, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/10/23/3.htm
23 Oct 2013
Diuretic efficiency may be best metric for predicting survival of heart failure patients
A metric of diuretic efficiency provided better prognostic information about decongestive treatment for acute decompensated heart failure than did fluid output or diuretic dose, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/08/3.htm
8 Jan 2014
Heart failure patients discharged from ED often have significant mortality risks
Federal government expands mental health parity coverage
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/02/10/3.htm
10 Feb 2010
Teams to improve hip fracture, heart failure
This issue looks at comanagement of hip fractures, prescribing for heart failure, antibiotic use in COVID-19, and private equity ownership of hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Dec 2020
Nine transitional care interventions for heart failure may help optimize outcomes
Nine interventions for transitions of care in heart failure may assist in achieving optimal clinical and patient-centered outcomes, according to a scientific statement that addressed patient, hospital, and clinician barriers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/01/28/3.htm
28 Jan 2015
Transitions of care, readmissions, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2020
Heart failure hospitalizations, costs increasing among young adults
Heart failure hospitalizations among adults ages 18 to 45 years increased from 2013 to 2018. More than half of patients were Black, and 45.8% lived in ZIP codes in the lowest quartile of national household income, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/27/heart-failure-hospitalizations-costs-increasing-among-young-adults.htm
27 Apr 2022