Quality
Implementing a health literacy assessment
Limited health literacy is associated with poor outcomes – and it’s common.
Quality
A patient portal for the inpatient experience
Portals help more patients engage with care outside the hospital, but inside they are still uncommon.
News
RBC transfusions with surgery may increase VTE risk
Stricter blood management practices and VTE prophylaxis may be needed if the study findings are confirmed.
Practice Management
Giving hospitalists a larger clinical footprint
Given current hospitalist work structures, who can possibly think about the “whole patient”?
Clinical
Diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis in the hospital
Active pulmonary tuberculosis (APTB) remains an important but often missed diagnosis in hospitalized patients.
News
High-dose opioid prescribing linked to heroin use risk among U.S. veterans
SAN DIEGO – High-dose opioid prescribing is associated with an increased risk of heroin use among U.S. veterans, an observational study showed.
News
USPSTF: Don’t add ECG for cardio risk assessment
Evidence is insufficient to assess risks vs. benefits of screening ECG for asymptomatic adults.
News
DOAC’s edge over warfarin fades with low adherence
BOSTON –
Practice Management
The work schedule that prevents burnout
There is lots of value in thinking carefully about your group’s work schedule and making adjustments where needed.
News
NIH launches HEAL Initiative to combat opioid crisis
HEAL will expand Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW), a pilot study that will assess the prevalence of...
Public Policy
CMS sepsis measure a challenge to report
The Sepsis CMS Core Measure program, or SEP-1, has not been embraced by everyone.
News
CDC warns of hepatitis A outbreaks in injection drug users
Gap in vaccine availability now has been solved.
News
Malnourished U.S. inpatients often go untreated
Malnourishment is seldom flagged or treated in patients admitted to the hospital.
News
Education sessions upped COPD patients’ knowledge of their disease
With the right education tool, patients can gain knowledge about their disease.
News
Hospital-acquired conditions drop 8% since 2014, saving 8,000 lives and $3 billion
The largest improvements occurred in central line–associated bloodstream infections (down 31% from 2014).
News
CDC concerned about multidrug-resistant Shigella
if clinicians need to use antibiotics to treat patients who have Shigella infections, they should monitor these patients carefully.
Practice Management
A U.S. model for Italian hospitals?
Hospital-based physicians in Italy are looking with great interest at the American hospitalist model.
Clinical
A clinical pathway to standardize use of maintenance IV fluids
Standardizing the composition of IVF results in increased use of isotonic and potassium-containing fluids.
News
Trio of blood biomarkers elevated in children with LRTIs
TORONTO - Proadrenomedullin is most strongly associated with disease severity in children with lower respiratory tract infections.
News
Neonatal deaths lower in high-volume hospitals
AUSTIN, TEX. – Researchers examined the association between the risk of neonatal mortality and the day of the week of the birth.
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Specialty practices hire more physician assistants and nurse practitioners -
Prompt palliative care cut hospital costs in pooled study -
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