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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

Old-fashioned doctors routinely seek all of the patient's previous medical records, not just the discharge summaries. There are cases when it is necessary to pore through old records, but the EMR and diagnostic technology has undermined this claim. Diagnostic reasoning is (at least partially) deductive reasoning.

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The Top Patient Safety Risks in 2025 Are Mostly About the “Human OS” – Reading ECRI’s Annual Report

Health Populi

as more patients get discharged to hospital-for-home and more acute-care workflows that fall on burdened caregivers (that is, family members and friends). Many more of these have to do with “technology” and devices (e.g.,

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Advice for the New Intern 2.0

Sensible Medicine

Whatever else goes on in the hospital, this is a problem that needs to be addressed, if not solved, prior to discharge. For any test you order, what is the diagnostic hypothesis you are testing? i] A clinical reasoning sin on the “Diagnostic Reasoning Yellow Card” Remind yourself of this fact every day.

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Advice for Internship: Part II

Sensible Medicine

Whatever else goes on in the hospital, this is a problem that needs to be addressed, if not solved, prior to discharge. For any test you order, what is the diagnostic hypothesis you are testing? 1 A clinical reasoning sin on the “Diagnostic Reasoning Yellow Card.” ” Share Photo Credit: Stacey Koenitz

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AI is Transforming Healthcare Behind the Scenes

Mobius MD

AI tools can help balance the ecosystem by improving resource management, from bed availability to diagnostic equipment usage. By predicting admissions and discharge patterns, AI helps prevent overcrowding and reduces wait times.

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Understanding DRG Codes and Their Impact on Hospitals

EvidenceCare

They would submit their charges post-discharge and be reimbursed. The team took 10,000 ICD9-CM codes and grouped them into 25 MDCs (Major Diagnostic Categories) that corresponded to body systems. Getting a working DRG quickly helps provide a target discharge date and impacts average length of stay. Something had to change.

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The Median Hospital Charge In the U.S. for COVID-19 Care Ranges From $34-45K

Health Populi

They used two ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes for this research: U07.1, But we must also connect the dots between the costs of coronavirus care and people who are uninsured who cannot afford to pay a hospital $45,000 at discharge. Even if that patient did not survive her hospital stay. The post The Median Hospital Charge In the U.S.

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