Transitions of Care Archives - Page 5 of 21

News
New handoff tool can improve safety
February 21, 2019
It provided a means of enabling standardized transitions to the hospitalist inpatient service.
News
Meal programs for dual eligibles
January 2, 2019
Participants in a medically tailored meal program had fewer inpatient admissions and lower medical spending.
News
Giving hospitalists a larger clinical footprint
December 4, 2018
Hospitalists do not do SNF handoffs in the same manner as ICUs, but it’s time to change.
Opinion
CMS modifies the inpatient admission order requirement, or did it?
November 15, 2018
Medicare auditors have been given discretion to overlook an inpatient order flaw, but providers have not.
News
Focus on patient experience to cut readmission rates
November 2, 2018
Key issues might not be captured in standard postdischarge surveys.
News
Hospital-level care coordination strategies and the patient experience
October 2, 2018
Does patient experience correlate with specific hospital care coordination and transition strategies, and if so, which strategies most strongly correlate with higher patient experience scores?
News
Patient transfers between hospitals contribute substantially to CDI burden
August 29, 2018
Patient-sharing networks contribute substantially to the spread of CDI, underscoring the importance of regional efforts to minimize health care–associated infections.
News
Making the referral and navigating care
August 8, 2018
Hospitalists must consider how to best identify patients and conditions appropriate for transitions of care.
News
Prompting during rounds decreases lab utilization in patients nearing discharge
June 26, 2018
Does prompting hospitalists during interdisciplinary rounds to discontinue lab orders on patients nearing discharge result in a decrease in lab testing?
News
Do hospitalists improve inpatient outcomes?
April 17, 2018
It is paramount that we use all available resources to gain a deep understanding of the patient in as short a time as possible.