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Does morning discharge really improve hospital throughput?
Publish date: December 13, 2021
Focus on the actual processes that create bottlenecks preventing throughput.
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Hospitalists helped plan COVID-19 field hospitals
Publish date: November 18, 2021
Better to plan for too much than not plan for enough, say hospitalists who helped build COVID-19 field hospitals.
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New prescription for loop diuretic improves 30-day heart failure outcomes
Publish date: October 22, 2021
Does a new prescription for a loop diuretic improve short-term outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure?
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Symptoms persist in patients after acute COVID-19
Publish date: October 21, 2021
What is the duration of symptoms after recovery from acute COVID-19 infection?
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Hotspotting does not reduce readmissions
Publish date: July 1, 2021
Does the addition of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Provider’s care-transition program prevent hospital readmission in high utilizers of health care services?
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Post–acute kidney injury proteinuria predicts subsequent kidney disease progression
Publish date: June 25, 2021
Does the degree of proteinuria after an episode of acute kidney injury (AKI) predict subsequent loss of kidney function?
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Hospital-level care at home for acutely ill adults may be as safe as inpatient care
Publish date: June 10, 2021
Does hospital-level care at home reduce health care cost, usage, and readmission rates?
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Hospitalists play key role in advance care planning
Publish date: June 2, 2021
It’s important to distinguish advance care planning from advance directives.
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Hospital admissions of nursing home patients declined after ACA quality initiatives
Publish date: May 28, 2021
Following the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), how have hospital transfer rates from nursing homes for patients with advanced medical conditions changed?
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Making sense of LAMA discharges
Publish date: May 26, 2021
There is no evidence that insurance companies will not pay for LAMA discharges.
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