Search results for "Readmissions"
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
POCUS for DVT, inpatient digoxin
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/in-the-news.htm
15 Jan 2020
Anticoagulation for heart failure and afib associated with reductions in mortality, but maybe not readmissions
Starting anticoagulation for older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation at hospital discharge was associated with improved mortality at 1 and 3 years but was not associated with improved rates of all-cause cardiovascular readmission or stroke, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/17/4.htm
17 Sep 2014
Dedicated admitters didn't change length of stay but reduced readmissions, 1 hospital found
These results differed from the researchers' initial hypotheses that the admitter-rounder model would decrease ICU transfers, shorten ED length of stay, lengthen overall length of stay, and have no impact on readmissions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/27/1.htm
27 Apr 2016
Most ischemic stroke readmissions aren't preventable, study suggests
Only a small proportion of ischemic stroke readmissions are preventable, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/06/2.htm
6 Nov 2013
Antibiotics for COPD, shock after MI, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/12/recent-research.htm
15 Dec 2018
Factors and score to identify preventable 30-day readmissions offered by new studies
Factors that the study found most strongly associated with preventable readmissions were ED decision making about readmission, failure to relay important information to outpatient clinicians, too-early discharge, and lack of discussion of care goals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/13/1.htm
13 Apr 2016
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
Nutrition, glycemic control, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/11/recent-research.htm
15 Nov 2019
New models predict risk of readmission after PCI
Researchers have developed two models to predict patients' risk of readmission within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/10/4.htm
10 Jul 2013