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Clinical Care
Audit Finds $2.4M Medicare Overpayments at U. Wisconsin Hospitals
The health system incorrectly billed for two types of severe malnutrition, which are classified as major complications or comorbidities that...
Clinical Care
Hospitalists Well-Positioned to Manage Clinical Uncertainty
Uncertainty plays a key role in wasteful healthcare decisions such as ordering unnecessary medical tests, and hospitalists can help address...
Clinical Care
Maternity Program Credited for Huge Drop in C-Sections
Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care hospitals lowered C-section rates to 23.7% for first-time mothers compared to 34.9% for hospitals...
Clinical Care
U.S. News Ranks Nation's Top Children's Hospitals
The widely read list identifies what it says are the top pediatric hospitals that deliver high-quality care across multiple specialties.
Clinical Care
Boosting Surgical Patient Nutrition Slashes Readmissions
For surgical patients who received nutritional intervention in the hospital, the 30-day readmissions rate was cut nearly in half.
Clinical Care
Freestanding ERs May Have Low Hospital Admission Rates
Researchers find that patients at a hospital-based emergency department were 20% more likely to be admitted compared to patients at...
Nursing
Nurse-Driven Initiative Decreases Falls, Saves Money
After implementing a new evidence-based risk assessment tool, SSM Health reduced patient falls by 30%.
Clinical Care
For Immunosuppressed Sepsis Patients, Hospital Experience Matters
At hospitals seeing fewer than 225 immunosuppressed patients with sepsis each year, these patients were 38% more likely to die...
Clinical Care
Readmissions Are Down, Unless You Consider Rise in Observation Stays
When the rising numbers of non-admitted patients held for observation is factored in, declines in readmissions disappear. Are hospitals trying...
Clinical Care
Local Anesthetic Fails to Curb In-Hospital Opioid Use
Despite the dramatic rise in the use of the use of liposomal bupivacaine, the local anesthetic was not associated with...
Clinical Care
ER Observation Unit Reduces Length of Stay 8 Hours
For emergency room patients, a Maryland hospital's new observation unit has lowered length of stay and reduced admission of patients...