Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

She came to the hospital with three days of weakness, fever, chills, and anorexia. That night introduced me to the smell of melena — a smell that I now can recognize even rooms away on a hospital floor, and which also takes me back to that New York Hospital operating room in 1991.

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Admissions Diagnostics Hospital Hospice 247

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Patients may develop a disease that requires admission to the hospital, mostly because of lung problems, such as the need for oxygen. Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. The disease might affect other organs—either directly or indirectly.

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Discharges Admissions Hospital Collaboration 291

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

On Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, capacity or occupancy data to the federal government.

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Hospital Admissions 103

EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown. What is a DRG?

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Hospital Discharges Documentation Admissions 130

Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Decreasing inpatient admission volumes, shifts in the re-imbursement mix from higher-margin commercial payers to lower-margin public payers, and pressures resulting from value-based care have been solid trends during the past several years. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? Our ability to create that network outside the hospital is huge.”

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. Even if that patient did not survive her hospital stay.

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Hospital Insurance Discharges Admissions 148

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

He was a direct admission after an electrophysiologic (EP) study. They found a medication that made it harder to induce VT and sent him up to the medical floor for admission and monitoring with instructions to initiate that medication. During the study the cardiologists used electric impulses to induce VT.

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Billing Admissions Follow-Up Medication 339

Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Patients would not be repeat offenders (admissions). CT/X-ray/ultrasound machines would only be across the hall, not on the other side of the hospital. Here’s what I would have in my perfect nursing world : I’d never get pulled to work in another unit. Staffing would never be lacking. Patient families would be amicable.

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Admissions Huddles/Rounds Scheduling Hospital 246

EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well. Think of your documentation as the ironclad defense for your hospital admissions.

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Documentation Admissions Discharges Billing 130

Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. declines in expected inpatient volume and 34.5%

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Doctors and hospitals incur penalties if a patient with an MI is not on a beta-blocker—unless there is a darn good reason put down in the chart. Here comes a key feature: patients were randomized 5-21 days after the hospital admission. About 16,000 patients were randomized from more than 200 hospitals. No placebo.

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Hospital Tests Admissions Follow-Up 335

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 30, 2024

Nearby unattacked hospitals were affected too, suggesting the consequences from a ransomware attack reach beyond targeted facilities, according to a JAMA study.

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Admissions Hospital 61

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Trinity Health announced it will introduce virtual nursing at its hospitals in Michigan and Ardent Health Services plans to do the same in New Mexico. It can also reduce the workload at the bedside by having remote nurses do admissions, discharges, and answer questions virtually. But not everyone agrees on the merits of this approach.

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Discharges Hospital Transfers Patient Satisfaction 238

Medical Economics

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Patients hospitalized by physicians with higher admission rates are likelier to be discharged within 24 hours but no less likely to die.

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Admissions Discharges Hospital 59

Medical Economics

MAY 22, 2024

Mount Sinai study finds AI can predict hospital admissions in emergency departments

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Admissions Hospital 122

Scrubs

AUGUST 27, 2023

The National Health Service has been criticized for not paying healthcare workers enough for their time, and now some providers are skipping meals just to make sure they have enough money to feed and clothe their children, according to a survey involving several hospital administrators.

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Billing Hospital Discharges Admissions 246

Emerging RN Leader

JANUARY 14, 2024

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A CNO recently asked me why no one is talking about the high volumes and serious admission delays we are seeing in hospitals nationwide.

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Admissions Hospital 147

EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In case you aren’t familiar, the Two-Midnight Rule mandates that a patient’s hospital stay must span at least two midnights to qualify for inpatient status, directly influencing reimbursement rates and compliance requirements. In the MA Final Rule, however, CMS explicitly states that the two-midnight presumption does not apply to MA plans.

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Documentation Admissions Hospital Discharges 130

Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. Her hospital course was uneventful, and she made good therapeutic use of her time on the unit. She had been brought to our hospital from jail, where she had been taken for some misdemeanor.

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Discharges Hospital Follow-Up Admissions 240

We Care Online

MARCH 24, 2025

They also influence hospital policies, improving patient care processes and outcomes through their leadership. However, the accelerated pace can be demanding, and the admissions process is competitive. Nurses contribute to healthcare leadership by managing care teams and making critical decisions in fast-paced environments.

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Patient Centered Care Admissions Patient Care Hospice 88

Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The article Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s Predictive Model Helps Prevent In-Hospital Adverse Drug Events appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Hospital Admissions 79

Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

JMM The CHAGASICS Trial: A Disturbing Failure of Peer Review at a Leading Cardiology Journal By Anis Rassi Jr, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACP, FACP, Scientific Director, Anis Rassi Hospital, Goiânia, Brazil I submitted a letter to the editor regarding the CHAGASICS trial, which was recently published in JAMA Cardiology (October 2024).

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Follow-Up Hospital Medication Admissions 245

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

He was firm but fair and throughout all my illnesses, dizzy spells, and hospital admissions, he had my back.” I took the telling off and said sorry (the night before, I went to see my mother in a chapel of rest so I didn’t sleep at all) I didn’t explain this to my supervisor though. So unprofessional.”

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Admissions Medication Patient Care Hospital 246

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

How Physicians and Hospitals Sustain the Opioid Epidemic For decades, the pharmaceutical industry has shaped medical education, ingraining the belief that opioids are the best first-line treatment for acute pain. Hospitals and health systems have also played a significant role in perpetuating opioid dependence.

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Medication Insurance Hospital Acute Care 67

EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

These measures play a fundamental role in hospital management, financial planning, and patient care optimization. By understanding and leveraging GMLOS and ALOS, hospital executives can improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. It is the simplest and most commonly used metric for evaluating patient stays.

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Discharges Admissions Patient Satisfaction Hospital 130

Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2018

Beyond strong medicines, a new financial toxicity has emerged for patients due to hospital inpatient admissions. The “measurement” named in the title is graphed here as the proportion of people who filed for bankruptcy relative to years before or after hospitalization.

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Hospital Admissions Insurance Billing 67

Medical Economics

JANUARY 21, 2025

The newly approved TriVerity combines a single-use test cartridge and the Myrna instrument to deliver results at the point of care, informing decisions related to antimicrobial therapy, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and guide patient disposition.

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Tests Admissions Hospital 102

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

The idea was that the software would examine patients’ medical records – the entire medical record: clinical notes; labs; radiology; and their admission histories – and learn to stratify people in terms of their risk for readmission. The idea was that interventions could then be tested in the high-risk groups.

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Follow-Up Tests Admissions Hospital 248

Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

  I usually see people who die alone in the hospital. There have been previous admissions after which the patient did not make it to follow-up appointments. Some of these patients die alone in the hospital, with nobody at their bedside. .  They say that there is nothing worse than dying alone.

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Hospice Bookkeeping Follow-Up Appointments 314

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

She came to the hospital with three days of weakness, fever, chills, and anorexia. That night introduced me to the smell of melena — a smell that I now can recognize even rooms away on a hospital floor, and which also takes me back to that New York Hospital operating room in 1991.

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Admissions Diagnostics Hospital Hospice 130

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a result of these experiences, I launched my organization Project Diversify Medicine, a digital community on Instagram with over 60,000 followers, with a mission to provide culturally inclusive pre-med educational resources to increase the admission of minorities to medical school.

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Medication Admissions Follow-Up Insurance 276

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 25, 2023

MM was a 63-year-old woman admitted to the hospital to participate in a phase 1 clinical trial. When I admitted MM, I was an intern rotating at the cancer hospital affiliated with my primary hospital. As part of her admission orders, I placed her on a “low salt, cardiac diet.”

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Diagnostics Tests Hospital Follow-Up 244

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 12, 2024

Most of my undergraduate medical education took place at New York Hospital, where a medical error occasioned the first calls for duty hour reform. I was responsible for staying at the bedside of (or at least in the hospital with) my patients until they were stable. PR was admitted to my service at a hospital where I briefly attended.

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Scheduling Hospital Huddles/Rounds Documentation 210

Accepted Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Show Summary Welcome to the 600th episode of Admissions Straight Talk ! Show Notes Welcome to the 600th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s free guide, Med School Admissions, What You Need to Know to Get Accepted can tell you exactly what you need to do. Dr. Schmude, welcome back to Admission Straight Talk.

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Admissions Medication Tests Follow-Up 52

Sensible Medicine

JULY 19, 2023

Deliberate practice during internship is probably even more important today than it was in the days before duty hour restrictions and admission caps. What led him or her to the hospital or caused another doctor to admit the patient? Ask yourself what you are doing to solve the problem that led to (or have crept up since) admission.

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Admissions Diagnostics Discharges Tests 183

Accepted Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

Piraino also discusses the role of secondary essays in evaluating applicants and explores why teamwork, resilience, and cultural awareness are important in the admissions process. Show Notes: Our guest today is Dr. Beth Perino, Associate Dean for admissions at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Well, thank you.

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Medication Admissions Follow-Up Teamwork 52