Search results for "High-value care"
March issue online and in the mail
This issue is all about improving patient health by methods other than prescribing drugs, including antibiotic stewardship, alternatives to opioids, and programs to meet social needs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/13/5.htm
13 Mar 2019
Low-value procedures associated with hospital-acquired complications, study finds
The authors said that future research should expand the focus to the consequences of low-value care to the health care system as well as the potential financial, psychological, and psychosocial harm to patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/03/06/1.htm
6 Mar 2019
Intervention reduced routine chest X-rays in cardiovascular ICU, but not in medical ICU
Barriers in the medical ICU included insufficient visibility of the intervention and low investment among medical residents due to frequent rotation and competing priorities, researchers found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/02/13/3.htm
13 Feb 2019
EHR alert reduced unnecessary telemetry outside the ICU at one hospital
The reduction in telemetry use was smaller than that achieved with multicomponent interventions, but simply adding an electronic health record (EHR) alert is less costly and more scalable, the study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/19/2.htm
19 Dec 2018
Top Hospitalists
The 2018 Top Hospitalists issue profiles 10 physicians with very diverse backgrounds and interests.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/11/top-docs.htm
15 Nov 2018
Productivity bonuses for hospitalists may decrease high-value care culture
Researchers surveyed hospitalists from 12 California hospitals about their institutions' culture of value-based decision making and found an association between high-value culture scores and how hospitalists were paid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/2.htm
7 Nov 2018
New score for syncope may predict risk of echocardiography findings
The authors said that the score, if validated, could improve resource use and promote high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/03/2.htm
3 Oct 2018
Most patients on mechanical ventilation received daily chest X-rays, despite guideline changes
The hospital in which patients received mechanical ventilation was the strongest predictor of whether they received daily X-rays, even after adjusting for patient variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/08/15/1.htm
15 Aug 2018
National survey finds that 50% of large IM residency programs have hospitalist rotations
Most of the hospitalist rotations were one month in duration and included second- and/or third-year residents. The length of existence of the rotations ranged from one to 15 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/04/2.htm
4 Apr 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018