Guidance for Inpatient Care During COVID-19
Hospitals have to remain current on how best to care for people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and educate these patients on appropriate discharge practices.
Hospitals have to remain current on how best to care for people with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and educate these patients on appropriate discharge practices.
A 20-year-long financial analysis identified low back and neck pain, musculoskeletal conditions, and diabetes as the costliest disorders in terms of US healthcare spending.
Certain patient and presentation factors increase the likelihood of a missed appendicitis diagnosis in the emergency department.
Patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) who live remotely can be successfully managed with specialized training and cooperation between local physicians and specialty medical centers.
The distance from a patient residence to transplant center seems not to impact transplant referral and evaluation initiation among those with end-stage kidney disease.
National health expenditures are projected to increase at an average annual rate of 5.4 percent for 2019 to 2028, representing almost 20 percent of U.S. gross domestic product by 2028.
In 2019, there were 187 mass shooting events, most of which occurred closest to a nontrauma center.
A series of metrics for assessing the quality of medical billing practices was proposed by 2 physicians at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in a viewpoint article.
A new study demonstrates the efficacy of a structured physician compensation model in achieving equitable pay for all employees, although the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions and the higher-paying specialties warrants further investigation.
Hospital mergers and acquisitions may precipitate a modest decline in patient care quality; however, no differential changes in readmission or mortality rates were observed in acquired institutions compared with control hospitals,