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The number of hospitalizations for heart failure has risen in the United States

AHA: Hospitalizations Up for Heart Failure in the United States

But length of stay and mortality are decreasing
Human resource capabilities are positively associated with quality of patient care

HR Capabilities Positively Linked to Quality of Patient Care

Three human resource practices identified that can improve clinical work behaviors
Inpatient assessment for inherited thrombophilia is not recommended

No Recommendation for Inpatient Inherited Thrombophilia Testing

Testing is not recommended in most clinical settings; thrombophilia results don't change management
For patients with type 2 diabetes receiving inpatient diabetes education

With Education, Discharge Blood Glucose Profile Predicts HbA1c

Mean blood glucose level, disease duration predict 12-week HbA1c level after inpatient education

October 2016 Briefing – Nursing

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for October 2016. This roundup includes the latest...

October 2016 Briefing – Critical Care

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for October 2016. This roundup includes the...
Adherence to performance measures is similar at teaching hospitals and nonteaching hospitals

Heart Failure Care Up, Regardless of Hospital Teaching Status

GWTG-HF shows similar adherence to performance measures at teaching, nonteaching hospitals
Clinicians are cautiously supportive of an electronic portal to enhance communication in the intensive care unit

ICU Clinicians Cautiously Support Electronic Portals

Focus groups assess perspectives of ICU clinicians on current state of communication
Admission to a nurse-practitioner-staffed medical intensive care unit (ICU) is not associated with increased mortality compared with admission to a resident-staffed medical ICU

Mortality Not Up at Nurse-Practitioner-Staffed ICU

No increase in ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality compared with resident-staffed ICU admissions
Seniors with hip fractures may be more likely to die if they're treated in smaller community hospitals than in large teaching hospitals

Outcomes Up for Seniors With Hip Fx in Large Teaching Hospitals

Mortality rates higher in smaller community hospitals, Canadian study finds