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Don’t discount discharge planning during pandemic
August 7, 2020
Attention to discharge is essential for maintaining staff and patient safety, especially in response to COVID-19.
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Hospital vs. outpatient management comparable for elderly syncope patients
August 4, 2020
Is there a difference in risk of post-ED serious adverse events at 30 days in older adults with unexplained syncope when managed as an outpatient versus with hospitalization?
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Continuity rules
May 1, 2020
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
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Medicare beneficiaries get few home health visits after ICU stay
February 23, 2020
ORLANDO – The beneficiaries received an average of less than one visit per week in the month after ICU discharge, while a third received no visits.
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Medicare study evaluates impact of U.S. Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
February 10, 2020
The proportion of care encounters studied that were preventable remains poorly understood.
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PACT-HF: Transitional care derives no overall benefit
January 9, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – A trial of a postdischarge transitional care model found no improvement in outcomes overall, but showed that women responded more favorably than men.
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Hospitalists deal with patient discrimination
January 7, 2020
The hospital is the only place some patients will find themselves in intimate interactions with people of other ethnicities.
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Benefiting from hospitalist-directed transfers
November 27, 2019
It can help alleviate overcrowding – and much more.
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Effects of hospitalization on readmission rate
September 25, 2019
Does the trauma of hospitalization increase the risk of 30-day readmission or ED visit rate?
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Exercise intervention reverses functional decline in elderly patients during acute hospitalization
September 10, 2019
Can an individualized, multicomponent exercise program help reverse functional and cognitive decline in acutely hospitalized, elderly patients?
