Monthly Writings

Hospitals should reconfirm the effectiveness of their readmission efforts.

Despite decades of research and integration, more work needs to be done to improve medication management within the current EHRs.

Artificial intelligence, big data and mobile applications cannot achieve their full potential without interoperability.

Congress has resourced the CDC to prevent and stop the spread of resistant infections within inpatient and outpatient settings. There is both a clinical and economic value to Antibiotic Stewardship Programs. Overall incidence rate of colonization or infections should be added as a metric to programs.

AKI is an acute and usually reversible decline in renal function. AKI can be life threatening requiring immediate fluid and electrolyte attention. Investigators have long searched for an ability to predict early AKI. A strong reliable predictive model to be able to risk stratify patients at risk remains elusive.