Search results for "Resource use"
New-onset heart failure patients not receiving CAD testing during or after hospitalization
The authors calculated that more than 325,000 new heart failure patients might undergo inadequate assessment every year, with potential consequences including underuse of guideline-directed therapies and unnecessary resource use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/27/1.htm
27 Jul 2016
Medicare charges vary more by hospital clinician than by hospital, with no impact on mortality
The retrospective study looked at Medicare Part B spending for patients admitted due to a medical condition and treated by either a hospitalist or a general internist.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/22/1.htm
22 Mar 2017
Virtual glucose monitoring, statins and heart surgery
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2017
ICU admissions, mortality rates for opioid overdoses on the rise
The average cost per ICU overdose admission increased by 58% between 2009 and 2015 while the proportion of critically ill overdose patients who needed renal replacement therapy increased by 37%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/23/4.htm
23 Aug 2017
Resource use, outcomes of hospitalization may be associated with care continuity
Medicare patients who were cared for by their primary care physician instead of a hospitalist were more likely to be discharged home and had slightly lower 30-day mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/4.htm
22 Nov 2017
Noninvasive cardiac testing in the ED leads to increased lengths of stay with no clinical improvement
The study of patients who presented to EDs with chest pain but had negative biomarkers and a nonischemic electrocardiogram found that 88% underwent coronary computed tomographic angiography or stress testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/11/22/2.htm
22 Nov 2017
Small pilot trial finds reduced costs but similar quality, safety with home hospital versus usual care
Home hospital care included home visits from nurses and physicians, IV medications, continuous monitoring, video communication, and point-of-care testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/02/14/4.htm
14 Feb 2018
New frailty risk score for hospitals developed using ICD-10 codes
The score has low discriminative ability at the individual level but provides hospital-level data about the prevalence of frailty among inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/09/3.htm
9 May 2018
Antibiotics and AKI, stroke rehab, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 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