ACOs score slight bump in bonus payments
Accountable care organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program generated $466 million in savings in 2015, up from $411 million in 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 7, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
High free T4 levels linked to sudden cardiac death
Higher levels of free thyroxine are associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, even in euthyroid adults, according to a report published online Sept. 6 in Circulation.
Thyroid... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
The new NOACs are generally the best bet
New NOACs have largely replaced the need for vitamin K antagonists
The discovery of oral anticoagulants began in 1924, when Schofield linked the death of... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Clot retrieval devices approved for initial ischemic stroke treatment
Two Trevo clot retrieval devices can now be marketed as an initial therapy to reduce paralysis from strokes that are caused by blood clots, according to a press release from the Food and Drug... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Commentary: INR instability in the NOAC era
Progress in the development of new oral anticoagulants (NOACs), as well as agents for their reversal, has lowered the threshold to use these therapeutics as first line agents for the management of... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Antibiotic susceptibility differs in transplant recipients
Antibiotic susceptibility in bacteria cultured from transplant recipients at a single hospital differed markedly from that in hospital-wide antibiograms, according to a report published in Diagnostic... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
USPSTF: Screen for tuberculosis in those at greatest risk
Screening for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) can help prevent progression to active disease, and the availability of effective tests supports screening asymptomatic adults aged 18 years and... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
VIDEO: Coronary DES outperform BMS mostly on restenosis
ROME – The difference between contemporary drug-eluting coronary stents and bare-metal stents is not very great, a large Norwegian coronary stent trial showed.
Today’s drug-eluting stents (DES),... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 1, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Guillain-Barré incidence rose with Zika across Americas
Increased incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome corresponded closely with patterns of Zika virus disease incidence in Central and South America from April 2015 through March 2016, according to results... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - September 1, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
FDA: New labeling warns against combining opioids, benzodiazepines
Labeling for prescription opioid pain or cough medicines and benzodiazepines will now carry the strongest available warning regarding serious side effects and death associated with their combined... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 31, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Adding salmeterol to steroids didn’t boost kids’ serious asthma events
Adding the long-acting beta-agonist salmeterol to fluticasone in a fixed-dose combination didn’t increase serious asthma-related events among children aged 4-11 years, according to a report published... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 31, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Hospitals increase CRE risk when they share patients
The more hospitals share patients, the more likely they are to have a problem with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), especially if long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are in... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 31, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
ENSURE-AF trial supports edoxaban for electrical cardioversion
ROME – Results of the largest-ever randomized clinical trial of anticoagulation for electrical cardioversion of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation demonstrate that edoxaban is a safe,... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 31, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
Rotavirus vaccination herd effect benefits newborns and infants
Unvaccinated newborns and infants 42 days old or younger had significantly fewer rotavirus infections after the introduction of a universal mass vaccination (UMV) program, based on a decade of... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
VIDEO: Functional noninvasive imaging cuts unnecessary angiography
ROME – Functional, noninvasive cardiac imaging using cardiovascular MR or myocardial perfusion scintigraphy was significantly better than was a current and well regarded guideline-based approach to... (Source: Hospitalist News)
Source: Hospitalist News - August 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research
