Tag: Hospitals
ASHP: SVP, Injectable Opioid Shortages Threaten Patient Care
98.4 percent of respondents report moderate, severe shortages of morphine, hydromorphone, fentanyl
Acute Kidney Injury in Hospital Ups Risk of Later Heart Failure
Findings based on one-year follow-up after a hospitalization complicated by acute kidney injury
Practice Intervention Targeting IV Opioids May Cut Exposure
Reduction of 84 percent in intravenous opioid doses, and a 55 percent reduction in all parenteral opioids
Early Readmissions More Preventable Than Later Ones
General medicine readmissions within seven days more amendable to hospital-based interventions
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
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
