Search results for "Chronic Disease"
November 15, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/
Best practice advice says generics can improve adherence, save money
ACP's Clinical Guidelines Committee provided talking points for clinicians to use in conversations with patients about generics and brand-name drugs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/25/4.htm
25 Nov 2015
In the News
HHS: Doctor-owned hospitals fall short on emergency care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2008
Hospitals with high readmission rates may be penalized largely because of patients they serve
Patients admitted to hospitals with more readmissions had higher chronic disease burden, less education, fewer assets, worse self-reported health status, more depressive symptoms, worse cognition, worse physical functioning, and more difficulties with activities of daily living.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/23/3.htm
23 Sep 2015
Transition service reduced readmissions in young adults with chronic childhood-onset disease
Patients diagnosed with a chronic disease in childhood who received care in the med-peds line had a 33% lower relative risk of hospital readmission after 30 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/15/transition-service-reduced-readmissions-in-young-adults-with-chronic-childhood-onset-disease.htm
15 Nov 2023
Tramadol, gabapentinoids associated with problematic opioid use in hospitalized patients, studies find
One study found that postop tramadol is associated with slightly higher risk of later opioid use versus other short-acting opioids, while another found that gabapentinoids are commonly given off-label in the hospital, sometimes with opioids and benzodiazepines.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/05/22/2.htm
22 May 2019
November 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/
Risk adjustment for more patient, population characteristics could reduce readmission penalties
Researchers assessed the impact of adjusting for hospitals' cumulative chronic disease burden; quantity of patients who were dual-eligible, disabled, or long-term nursing home residents; and other area-level socioeconomic variables.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/09/26/4.htm
26 Sep 2018
From pediatric to adult hospital care
Treating young adults with chronic childhood conditions poses challenges for hospitalists, whether they're trained in adult medicine or pediatrics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/from-pediatric-to-adult-hospital-care.htm
14 Dec 2022
Utility of the anemia index in investigating the ‘3S's' of anemia
A case-based report examines the ideal workup.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/expert-analysis-anemia.htm
15 Jul 2015