Tag: Hospitals
Scoring System Helps Predict Post-Hospital Mortality
For now, researchers see this as a tool for hospital comparisons, not patient care
AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships
Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Intervention Boosts Hospital Discharge Communication
Process standardization increased percentage of calls initiated within 24 hours of discharge
Utility Score Can Help Predict Mortality in ICU Patients
Inverted U-shaped relationship for willingness-to-pay by ICU doctor and utility score
Morbidity, Mortality Up for Patients With Delirium in ICU
Researchers recommend screening and monitoring for delirium in all critically ill patients
Resident Education Intervention Ups Patient Satisfaction
Improvement in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores
May 2015 Briefing – Nursing
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for May 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
May 2015 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for May 2015. This roundup includes the...
Proper Analysis Over Intuition for Avoiding Improper Antibiotic Use
Identifying illness correctly is key to drugs' effectiveness, researcher says
Hospital Stays Longer Without Prophylactic Laxatives
Findings among elderly congestive heart failure patients taking laxatives at home
