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The 50 U.S. hospitals with the highest charge-to-cost ratio have markups approximately 10 times the Medicare-allowable costs

Analysis Targets U.S. Hospitals With Highest Markups

In the 50 hospitals with highest charge-to-cost ratio, charges 10-fold above Medicare-allowable costs
A fairly simple scoring system appears to accurately estimate patients' risk of dying within a year of hospitalization

Scoring System Helps Predict Post-Hospital Mortality

For now, researchers see this as a tool for hospital comparisons, not patient care
New guidelines can enable successful physician hospital relationships and integrated leadership

AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships

Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Implementation of standardized communication processes can improve the reliability of verbal communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at hospital discharge

Intervention Boosts Hospital Discharge Communication

Process standardization increased percentage of calls initiated within 24 hours of discharge
A utility score can help predict poor outcome and survival among patients in the intensive care unit

Utility Score Can Help Predict Mortality in ICU Patients

Inverted U-shaped relationship for willingness-to-pay by ICU doctor and utility score
Intensive care unit patients who develop delirium have a higher mortality risk

Morbidity, Mortality Up for Patients With Delirium in ICU

Researchers recommend screening and monitoring for delirium in all critically ill patients
A patient satisfaction education

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...
Misdiagnosis often leads to improper antibiotic use in hospitals

Proper Analysis Over Intuition for Avoiding Improper Antibiotic Use

Identifying illness correctly is key to drugs' effectiveness, researcher says