Seventeen of these patients (49%) had positive palliative care screening tool results, but only 6 of the 17 patients (17%) received referrals for timely palliative care consults, with an average ...

A n influential board of infectious disease physicians recommended Wednesday that hospitals and other health care facilities stop routinely screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19, saying the ...

One study found that the screening added 1.89 hours to emergency department stays at an academic health system, while another set among behavioral health patients attributed an average 7.3-hour ...

Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) screening in all ICU admissions identified asymptomatic carriers and their risk for developing and/or transmitting infection. Clostridioides difficile ...

Tamil Nadu has become the first state in the country to implement a model which predicts the probability of deaths among ...

A screening tool such as the Clinical Frailty Scale should be used to assess the frailty of patients aged 65 and over when they are admitted to hospital for emergency care, researchers from Oxford ...

Objectives: Value-based care models, such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program, have placed increasing emphasis on unplanned admissions among patients with multiple chronic conditions (UAMCCs ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is co-sponsoring legislation that would provide training for emergency room personnel and require them to include fentanyl screening as part… ...