Today's Hospitalist

MAY 16, 2025

WITH PATIENT ACUITY levels rising in hospitals, it makes sense that the patients being discharged to SNFs are likewise increasingly complex. ” Matt Nieukirk OSF HealthCare Because of that partnership, the health system now has much more comprehensive coverage for the patients discharged to SNFs.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now. Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. Cureskin aims to help alleviate the situation.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Barbara: Oh, I think it was 2013. Now, my SWHPN friends will get mad at me if I got that wrong, but I think it was 2013. When you think about leadership and we think about health care, we still live in a healthcare system that has a hierarchy. And so there are different levels of power within our healthcare system.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Older adults with severe mental illness (SMI) who develop dementia are a particularly complex and understudied population with various healthcare needs. Objective: To describe individual characteristics and healthcare use in older adults with SMI across home care services (HCS) profiles before and after the first dementia diagnosis.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Knowing I was interested in neurology and had opportunities to observe brain death determination in the hospital. Healthcare provide. Healthcare companies. So in the case of Jahi McMath, you were talking about, you know, her family was kicked out of the hospital. Winston 33:31 2013. Insurance companies.

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GeriPal

JULY 16, 2024

Eric Widera reminds us of the history of the Goldwater Act created by the American Psychological Association in the 1960s which states that psychiatrists should refrain from diagnosing public figures, and the American Medical Association code of ethics which likewise discourages armchair diagnosis (rule established in 2017). Sorry, Ken.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because weekend hospital staffers didn’t realize he was in shock. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals. are tested for jaundice before discharge from hospitals.

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