An Architectural History of US Community Hospitals.
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DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.288
Abstract: When hospitals became places of treatment and recovery rather than places of sickness and death, hospital-based patient care also changed. This article examines relationships between design-induced practice transformations in US hospitals between the 1850s and… read more here.
Keywords: history community; architectural history; community hospitals;
Outcomes for urologic oncology procedures: are there differences between academic and community hospitals?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00345-019-02902-8
Abstract: Objective To compare the rate of hospital-based outcomes including costs, 30-day readmission, mortality, and length of stay in patients who underwent major urologic oncologic procedures in academic and community hospitals. Methods We retrospectively reviewed the… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; community; academic community; outcomes urologic ... See more keywords
Navigating Reflex Urine Culture Practices in Community Hospitals: Need for a Validated Approach.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.218
Abstract: We performed a descriptive study of reflex urine culture (RUC) practices across 51 community hospitals in southeastern United States. We found that 26 unique reflexing criteria were used in 28 hospitals. Only 14% hospitals of… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; community; urine culture; approach ... See more keywords
Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries With Minor Intracranial Hemorrhage: Can They Be Safely Managed In The Community? - A Cohort Study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.02.016
Abstract: BACKGROUND Patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are frequently transferred to level 1 trauma centers (L1TC) if they have minor findings on a computerized tomographic scan of the head due to the absence of… read more here.
Keywords: managed community; traumatic brain; community hospitals; community ... See more keywords
Assessing SARS-CoV-2 Preparedness in US Community Hospitals: A Forgotten Entity.
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DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1238
Abstract: We performed a cross-sectional survey of infection preventionists in 60 US community hospitals between April 22 and May 8, 2020, and found several differences in hospital preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 with respect to personal protective equipment… read more here.
Keywords: assessing sars; community hospitals; preparedness community; sars cov ... See more keywords
Burden of healthcare-associated infections among hospitalized children within community hospitals participating in an infection control network.
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DOI: 10.1017/ice.2021.67
Abstract: We describe the frequency of pediatric healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) identified through prospective surveillance in community hospitals participating in an infection control network. Over a 6-year period, 84 HAIs were identified. Of these 51 (61%) were… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; infection control; infection; associated infections ... See more keywords
Clinical profile of rural community hospital inpatients in Sweden – a register study
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DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2021.1882086
Abstract: Abstract Objective Patients in Sweden’s rural community hospitals have not been clinically characterised. We compared characteristics of patients in general practitioner-led community hospitals in northern Sweden with those admitted to general hospitals. Design Retrospective register… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; community; hospital; community general ... See more keywords
Implementation of an Infectious Diseases Telehealth Consultation and Antibiotic Stewardship Program for 16 Small Community Hospitals
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab168
Abstract: Abstract Background Telehealth improves access to infectious diseases (ID) and antibiotic stewardship (AS) services in small community hospitals (SCHs), but the optimal model has not been defined. We describe implementation and impact of an integrated… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; consultation; infectious diseases; small community ... See more keywords
Effectiveness of music therapy within community hospitals: an EMMPIRE retrospective study
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DOI: 10.1097/pr9.0000000000001074
Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Adult patients with moderate-to-severe symptoms receiving music therapy in community hospitals reported clinically significant mean reductions in pain (2.04), anxiety (2.80), and stress (3.48). Abstract Introduction: Given… read more here.
Keywords: community; community hospitals; music therapy; pain ... See more keywords
Modeling and Analysis of Patient Transitions in Community Hospitals: A Systems Approach
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DOI: 10.1109/tsmc.2017.2723559
Abstract: A patient’s stay at a hospital may encompass various departments or units. Since many critical and complex problems occur at the interfaces of healthcare delivery systems, safe and efficient transitions between the departments within a… read more here.
Keywords: patient transitions; transitions community; modeling analysis; community hospitals ... See more keywords
Understanding the Models of Community Hospital rehabilitation Activity (MoCHA): a mixed-methods study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010483
Abstract: Introduction To understand the variation in performance between community hospitals, our objectives are: to measure the relative performance (cost efficiency) of rehabilitation services in community hospitals; to identify the characteristics of community hospital rehabilitation that… read more here.
Keywords: community hospitals; community; community hospital; performance ... See more keywords