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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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Understanding DRG Codes and Their Impact on Hospitals

EvidenceCare

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

Health Populi

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. They used two ICD-10-CM diagnostic codes for this research: U07.1,

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Advice for the New Intern 2.0

Sensible Medicine

What led him or her to the hospital or caused another doctor to admit the patient? 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? Remind yourself of this fact every day.

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Advice for Internship: Part II

Sensible Medicine

What led him or her to the hospital? Remind yourself why the patient is in the hospital every day. 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?

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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. AI is helping healthcare systems better predict and manage inventory needs.