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Tackling the Readmissions Problem
May 7, 2016
Virtually every hospital system in the country deals with the challenge of readmissions, especially 30-day readmissions, and it’s only getting worse.
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Not All EDs Adopt Interventions to Improve Flow, Decrease Crowding
May 6, 2016
Clinical question: What is the relationship between crowding in the ED and the number of interventions adopted by the ED to address this? Background: ED crowding results in long waits, prolonged lengths of stay, and delays in providing treatments, which can result in adverse events.
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Close INR Monitoring Might Prevent Adverse Events
May 6, 2016
Clinical question: What is the appropriate frequency of INR monitoring in the hospital and its relationship to the risk of over-anticoagulation and warfarin-related adverse events? Background: Warfarin use is a common cause of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients due to narrow therapeutic
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Metal-on-Metal Hip Replacement Devices Implanted after 2006 have a High Revision Rate
May 6, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain metal-on-metal (MoM) hip replacement devices implanted after 2006 have an "unacceptably high" revision rate, due mainly to manufacturing problems, according to a new study. "Although the use of MoM hip devices has declined dramatically in the past five years, h
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New Hospitalist Billing Code Should Benefit Hospitalists, Patients
May 5, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that within the year hospitalists will be assigned their own specialty designation code. [caption id="attachment_14677" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration/Paul Juestrich; Photos Shuttershock.com[/caption] Up to
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Free Webinars Aim to Help Reduce Admissions, Optimize Glycemic Control
May 5, 2016
Last month, SHM presented live webinars on two of its signature mentored implementation programs that continue to change the way hospitals manage readmissions and glycemic control. Find out how Project BOOST can help your hospital reduce preventable readmissions, decrease average length of stay,
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Register for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2016
May 5, 2016
Register now. Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2016 is the premier educational conference for pediatric hospitalists and other clinicians involved in the care of hospitalized children. This year, PHM 2016 will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Illinois from July 28 to 31.
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Older Patients with Rosacea are Likely to be Diagnosed with Dementia
May 5, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older patients with the inflammatory skin disorder rosacea appear significantly more likely to be diagnosed with dementia, according to Danish researchers. As Dr.
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N-Acetylcysteine, Statins May Prevent Contrast-Induced Nephropathy, but Strength of Evidence is Low
May 4, 2016
Clinical question: What strategies are effective in reducing contrast-induced nephropathy? Bottom line: N-acetylcysteine plus intravenous fluids alone or in combination with a statin can prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).
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Short-Term High-Flow Oxygen Therapy for Low-Risk Patients Decreases Reintubation Rates
May 4, 2016
Clinical question: Does the use of high-flow oxygen therapy for 24 hours following extubation reduce the risk of reintubation in low-risk patients? Bottom line: Using high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy for 24 hours following extubation of patients who are already at low risk of reintubation f
