Hospital
List of best children’s hospitals expands to include regional rankings
Boston Children’s Hospital was named Tuesday as the best children’s hospital in the United States for the eighth consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report, which expanded its annual list this year to include state and regional rankings.
History of neurological disorder increases risk for hospital re-encounters after COVID-19
Individuals with a history of a neurological disorder prior to COVID-19 infection experienced an increased likelihood of acute care hospital re-encounters at both 30 days and 4 months, according to findings published in GeroScience.
Lactobacillus probiotic improves C. difficile infection rates at hospital
The rate of hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection improved by 39% at a Quebec hospital when 70% of antibiotic users took a three-strain Lactobacillus probiotic under a pharmacy-driven protocol, researchers reported.
Geriatric assessment via home hospital care yields similar outcomes as hospitalization
Among patients referred from a short-stay acute medical unit, those receiving a comprehensive geriatric assessment at home had similar clinical outcomes as those who received the same assessment in the hospital, data show.
Patient satisfaction high for psychiatric telehealth platforms in partial hospital program
Telehealth treatment in an intensive acute care psychiatric setting was associated with equivalent patient satisfaction as in-person treatment, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Black, Latinx HCWs most likely to have COVID-19
Support staff and Black and Latinx workers with and without patient care faced the highest risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a study of nearly 4,000 hospital employees and clinicians in New Jersey.
Mayo Clinic ranked No. 1 US hospital for diabetes, endocrinology
The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in the country for diabetes and endocrinology, according to its 2020-2021 Best Hospitals rankings.
Brief suicide prevention interventions may reduce subsequent suicide attempts
Incorporation of brief suicide prevention interventions into routine acute care practice may reduce subsequent suicide attempts, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Clinical distancing of patients with advanced HF, transplant may protect against COVID-19
One hospital system protected its patients with advanced HF and cardiac transplant from COVID-19 by safely moving them from a central hospital, which was redesigned to care for patients with COVID-19, to a cardiac specialty hospital with no patients with COVID-19, according to a paper published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Short-term ambient air pollution exposure may increase daily hospital admissions for depression
The general urban population in China exhibited increased risk for daily hospital admission for depression associated with short-term ambient air pollution exposure, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.