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Using more specific names for newborns may reduce hospital mix-ups by about a third

More Specific Newborn Names Could Help Reduce Medical Errors

Incorporating mothers' names into newborns' IDs led to a drop in patient mix-ups, say researchers
For patients with acute myocardial infarction

Weekend Discharge Not Linked to Increased Readmission

Findings among patients with AMI, congestive heart failure, pneumonia in California
There is an increasing health care burden associated with morbidity and mortality of pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Increasing Health Care Burden for Pediatric Pulmonary HTN

Increasing trend in PH from 1997 to 2012; increase in national hospital charges for PH hospitalizations
There is considerable regional variation in thrombolysis treatment for ischemic stroke

Regional Variation in Treatment of Ischemic Stroke

Region accounted for 7 to 8 percent of variation in thrombolysis treatment

June 2015 Briefing – Nursing

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for June 2015. This roundup includes the latest...

June 2015 Briefing – Critical Care

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for June 2015. This roundup includes the...
Upon hospital admission

Lack of Consistent Supplement Use Documentation for Inpatients

While more than half of patients used prior to hospitalization, most were not asked upon admission
Cellulitis is frequently misdiagnosed in the inpatient setting

Cellulitis Often Misdiagnosed in Inpatient Setting

Almost 75 percent of patients evaluated for cellulitis eventually diagnosed with pseudocellulitis
Surgery patients who suffer complications after discharge from a hospital are more likely to die if they're readmitted to a different hospital than where they had their original operation

Readmitted Surgery Patients Fare Better at Same Hospital

Patients also did slightly better when original team of doctors treated them on readmission
For patients with heart failure or all-cause index hospitalization

AdaptivCRT Algorithm Linked to Reduction in Readmissions

Decreased 30-day readmission rates in patients with heart failure or all-cause index hospitalization