Tag: Hospitals
Income-Based Disparities Seen in Pediatric Hospitalizations
Inpatient bed-day rates increase with severity of poverty across conditions and subspecialties
QI Project Reduces Unnecessary Peds Inpatient Electrolyte Testing
Decrease tied to nearly $300,000 in savings without any unintended adverse events
Medicare Program Narrows Racial Disparities in Readmissions
However, gaps remain between whites, blacks at minority-serving hospitals and others
Condition Readmission Measures Don’t Reflect Overall Quality
Differ from non-Medicare patients with same conditions, Medicare patients with unreported ones
Many PICCs Placed Have Dwell Time of No More Than Five Days
Among patients with short-term peripherally inserted central catheter, about 1 in 10 has a complication
Patient Involvement May Promote Hand Washing in the Hospital
More research needed on best way for patients to promote health care providers hand hygiene
Risk Tool Predicts Pressure Injuries in Hospitalized Children
Braden QD Scale reliably predicts pressure injuries related to immobility, medical devices
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival Differs With Time of Day
Survival lower for in-hospital cardiac arrest that happens overnight and/or on weekends
Charting Intervention Improves Geriatric Assessment Notes
Includes templates, education, outreach, reminders for documenting function, cognition, care planning
For Hospitals, No Benefit for Early Adoption of Financial Incentives
Hospitals with early adoption do not have better process scores, lower mortality than late adopters
