Articles Tagged With: classification
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Is the Canadian Syncope Risk Score Valid?
Researchers found the Canadian Syncope Risk Score accurately predicts which patients are low risk for discharge. However, since it is largely driven by the physician’s final risk classification at ED discharge, the score’s clinical utility is uncertain.
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A Simple Way to Measure Frailty Before Aortic Valve Replacement
An analysis of transcatheter vs. surgical aortic valve implantation showed modified BMI, a measure of frailty, predicted one-year all-cause mortality and postoperative complications.
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Ethical Concerns with Variation in Hospitals’ Code Status Options
Some ethicists are unaware of how code status options are named and defined at their institutions. Researchers found that at some hospitals, code status options in the electronic medical record did not even match what was in the hospital policy. Ethics should be one of the experts in this area. -
COVID-19-Specific Codes Can Maximize Reimbursement
As many hospitals continue managing COVID-19 patients, six new ICD-10 codes will help facilities obtain reimbursement.
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Tool Helps Emergency Providers Better Stratify COVID-19 Patients
The tool is particularly effective at illuminating which patients are at both ends of the severity spectrum, which can be helpful to emergency clinicians as they make their disposition decisions. Still, it is up to clinicians to consider the information provided, and then use their clinical judgment.
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Preoperative Screening Can Save a Life — If Staff Ask the Right Questions
A physician or nurse might save a life by asking probing questions that cause patients to go deeper in their answers.