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Difficulties in Diagnosing Intestinal TB; Can Human Betaretroviruses Trigger Autoimmune Disease?; Rifampin and Pyrazinamide No Longer Recommended for Latent TB; Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants
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Affecting virtually every aspect of our health care system, the stunning growth and rapid integration of hospital-based medicine has affected the practice of both medicine and surgery by significantly modifying the delivery of inpatient, outpatient, and subacute care. This article details the history of hospitalists in the United States by defining the practice of hospital medicine and reviewing the evidence extolling its virtues. Although hospital medicine appears here to stay, work must still be done to address a number of current and future issues facing hospitalists and the health care community embracing them.
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Increase in Blood Glucose Concentration During Antihypertensive
Treatment as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction; Adverse Drug Events
in Ambulatory Care; Prevention of Hip Fracture by External Hip
Protectors; Rapid MRI vs Radiographs for Patients with Low Back Pain;
Effectiveness of Anticholinergic Drugs Compared with Placebo in the
Treatment of Overactive Bladder; A Randomized Trial of a Low
Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity
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Nasally Administered Flu Vaccine Comes to United States; Paxil: Not
Recommended for Children; Prilosec Granted OTC Status; Finasteride and
Prostate Cancer; Xolair: First Biologic Agent for Asthma; West Nile
Virus Update; Study Shows COX-2 Inhibitors Appear Safe with Aspirin in
Asthma Patients; Lamictal Approved for Bipolar Disorder
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Presented with the opportunity to revamp outpatient registration in conjunction with the opening of a beautiful new facility, Parrish Medical Center patient registration manager Linda Lilleboe, RN, MSN, and business office director Christine Rich MHA, faced more than the usual challenges.
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Not content to rest on their laurels after implementation of a cutting-edge outpatient tracking system, Parrish Medical Center patient registration manager Linda Lilleboe, RN, MSN, and business office director Christine Rich, MHA, are looking toward future enhancements of the process.
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With growing scrutiny nationwide of how hospitals bill and collect payments from their uninsured patients, access managers and their bosses are taking a look at their self-pay policies and reflecting on how this trend will affect revenue management strategies.
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Although the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act does not create a private right to sue health care workers who leak information, state laws do, says Stephen A. Frew, JD, a web site publisher and risk management consultant for Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin in Madison. More importantly, Frew adds in a recent report, HIPAA probably will come to be the standard of care for these state actions.
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CMS makes changes to MSP regulations; Hospital credit downgrades said to be on the increase; Critical focus areas for random JCAHO surveys; Bedside patient education offered by Most Wired
