Tag: Hospitals
Outcomes Explored for ER Return Visit Hospital Admissions
Patients initially discharged then readmitted after return ER visit have lower in-hospital mortality
Lean Six Sigma Practices Speed Medical Report Dispatches
Implementation of improvement actions led to 78 percent increase of on-time dispatches
Multifaceted QI Intervention Cuts Lab Costs
Improvements seen in laboratory cost per day, per visit, and cuts in test per day
Admission to VA or Non-VA Hospitals Impacts Outcome
Lower 30-day mortality for AMI, heart failure, but not pneumonia, with admission to VA hospitals
Patients More Satisfied With Care From Hospitalists
More satisfied in setting of nonteaching hospitalist service versus general medicine teaching service
Five-Year Mortality, Costs Up for ICU Survivors
Intensive care unit survivors have higher mortality, use of hospital resources in five years after discharge
January 2016 Briefing – Nursing
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for January 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
January 2016 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for January 2016. This roundup includes the...
Many Physicians Show Tendency to Undertreat With Statins
Target levels more likely to be achieved in departments that prescribe more statins
Less Hypoglycemia With Weight-Based Insulin in Hyperkalemia
Less hypoglycemia for patients weighing less than 95 kg, with no impact on potassium lowering
