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Tag: hospitalization
Short and Long Term Air Pollution Can Lead to Elder Hospitalizations
Jeremy Walker Both short-term and long-term exposure to air pollution can lead to increased hospitalizations among older individuals. Short-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to spikes in hospitalizations among the elderly for causes ranging from pneumonia to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, less is known about the effects...
Hospitalized Patients at Risk for Cognitive Decline
Cross Your Fingers, Cover Your Butt Yes Be Scared of HospitalsDirk Anschutz We have reported on this issue before and the conclusion is the same – avoid the hospital at all costs. In a study of 1,870 Chicagoans over the age of 65, researchers tested the participants’ cognitive functioning and...
When It’s An Emergency Elderly Not Treated As Well in Hospitals
A Canadian study reveals that hospitals that provide quality care for young people do not always provide the same quality care for the elderly in emergency situations. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, evaluated the condition of elderly patients 30 days after they underwent...
Physician and Patient Email Communication Improves Quality
Kaiser Permanente studied 35,423 peoplewith diabetes, hypertension, or both, who used secure patient-physiciane-mail within a two-month period. That communication was associated with a statisticallysignificant improvement in effectiveness of care as measuredby the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS).In addition, the use of e-mail was associated with an improvementof 2.0äóñ6.5...
Hospitalized Elderly at Increased Risk for Cognitive Decline
Researchers, cited in the Feb. 24 Journal of the American Medical Association report that hospitalized elderly have an increased risk of cognitive decline. 2,929 people, aged 65 and older, were studied over 13 years. All did not have dementia at the start of the study. During follow-up, 1,287 were hospitalized...
Doctor Doctor Give Me the News I Have A Bad Case of Remembering You
A new study by the University of Chicago published in the Archives of Internal Medicine of nearly 3,000 adults admitted to their affiliated hospital reveals that patients are rarely able to identify their doctors by name or to describe their roles in their care. Patients were asked about the roles...