Tag: Hospitals
Repeated Courses of Antibiotics Linked to Hospital Admissions
For patients with frequent prior antibiotic use, rates of admission remained elevated over six months
Assisting Medication Continuity Cuts Readmissions for Seniors
Interventions that bridge care transitions most likely to impact medication continuity in older adults
Daily Care Conferences May Cut Length of Stay in COPD Patients
Study looked at average LOS in patients with COPD exacerbations treated at two community hospitals
Patient Satisfaction Scores for Hospitals Driven by Hospitality
Patient satisfaction scores do not reflect the quality of medical care, but rather room and board features
Wearable Sensor Data Predict Heart Failure Rehospitalization
Machine learning algorithm detects worsening heart failure and predicts impending rehospitalization
One-Quarter of Antibiotic Prescriptions at Children’s Hospitals Suboptimal
21 percent of these orders are suboptimal by antimicrobial stewardship program standards
Young Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk for Hospitalization
Risks most elevated for survivors of leukemia, CNS tumors, CRC, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, breast cancer
Evidence Lacking for Use of Bedside Sitters to Prevent Falls
Very low-certainty evidence from two studies shows sitters reduce patient falls in acute care hospitals
Number of Nurse Practitioners More Than Doubled 2010 to 2017
Corresponding nationwide decrease of 80,000 registered nurses seen during same period
Cambridge Multimorbidity Score Robust for Predicting Outcomes
Model performed better than Charlson Comorbidity Index for predicting consultations, admissions
