Tag: Hospitals
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
Azithromycin Prescribed Despite Risk for QTc Prolongation
Seventy-six percent of patients prescribed one or more QTc prolonging meds plus azithromycin
Attending Physician Workload Linked to Teaching Effectiveness
Number of daily admissions linked to teaching scores and patient safety indicators
Discharge Before Noon Tied to Longer Length of Stay
Correlation more pronounced in medical and surgical patients admitted emergently
