AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships
Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Scoring System Helps Predict Post-Hospital Mortality
For now, researchers see this as a tool for hospital comparisons, not patient care
Most ER Patients With Low-Risk PE Eligible for Outpatient Tx
Increased frequency of 30-day adverse events for patients with contraindications to outpatient tx
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed
Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
Statin + Ezetimibe May Benefit After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Lowering of LDL cholesterol levels, improved cardiovascular outcomes for simvastatin + ezetimibe
Resident Education Intervention Ups Patient Satisfaction
Improvement in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores
CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up
And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
Revisits for 8.3 Percent of Patients With Index ER Visit
About one-third of revisits occur at different institutions; revisit rates highest for skin infection
ICD-10-CM Challenges ID’d for Emergency Medicine Physicians
Twenty-three percent of convoluted codes were found to be clinically incorrect
TBI Linked to Parkinson’s Risk in Patients Aged ≥55 Years
Dose-response associations identified for traumatic brain injury severity and frequency
