Transitions of Care
Quality
Giving hospitalists a larger clinical footprint
Hospitalists do not do SNF handoffs in the same manner as ICUs, but it’s time to change.
Public Policy
CMS modifies the inpatient admission order requirement, or did it?
Medicare auditors have been given discretion to overlook an inpatient order flaw, but providers have not.
Quality
Focus on patient experience to cut readmission rates
Key issues might not be captured in standard postdischarge surveys.
Quality
Hospital-level care coordination strategies and the patient experience
Does patient experience correlate with specific hospital care coordination and transition strategies, and if so, which strategies most strongly...
News
Patient transfers between hospitals contribute substantially to CDI burden
HM18
Making the referral and navigating care
Hospitalists must consider how to best identify patients and conditions appropriate for transitions of care.
Clinical
Prompting during rounds decreases lab utilization in patients nearing discharge
Does prompting hospitalists during interdisciplinary rounds to discontinue lab orders on patients nearing discharge result in a decrease in lab...
Practice Management
Do hospitalists improve inpatient outcomes?
It is paramount that we use all available resources to gain a deep understanding of the patient in as short a time as possible.
HM18
Session to cover expanding HM scope of practice to pre- and posthospitalization care
“As hospital medicine continues to advance, we are being asked to help hospitals and health care systems with challenges that extend beyond the...
Clinical
A SNF-based enhanced care program may help reduce 30-day readmissions
Does introduction of an Enhanced Care Program affect 30-day readmissions of patients discharged from an acute care hospital to a skilled nursing...