scholarly journals Clinical and Economic Impact of Medication Reconciliation by Designated Ward Pharmacists in a Hospitalist-Managed Acute Medical Unit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogeum Park ◽  
Anna Baek ◽  
Yoonhee Kim ◽  
Yewon Suh ◽  
Jungwha Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Medication Reconciliation ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit

scholarly journals Acute medical unit clinical skills lab

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 140-140
Author(s):  
Sarb Clare ◽  
Joe Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Skills Lab

scholarly journals Causes of discharge delays from the acute medical unit (AMU) in a tertiary level teaching hospital, Brunei Darussalam

2021 ◽  
pp. 201010582110061
Author(s):  
Dayang Nur Hilmiyah binti Awang Husaini ◽  
Justin Fook Siong Keasberry ◽  
Khadizah Haji Abdul Mumin ◽  
Hanif Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Observational Study ◽  
Discharge Planning ◽  
Patient Factors ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Prolonged Length ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Hospital Factors ◽  
Prolonged Hospital

Background: Many patients admitted to the acute medical unit experience a prolonged length of stay in hospital due to discharge delays. Consequently, this may impact the patients, healthcare institution and national economy in terms of patient safety, decreased hospital capacity, lost patient workdays and financial performance. Objectives: The main aim of this observational study was to identify the causes of discharge delays among acute medical unit patients admitted in the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Hospital, Brunei. Methods: A retrospective observational study, with data of patients admitted to the acute medical unit collected from Brunei Health Information Systems between September and December 2018. Statistical analyses were performed to obtain relevant results and any statistically significant associations. Results: A total of 357 patients were admitted to the acute medical unit over the 4-month period; 218 patients (61.1%) experienced discharge delays. Of these 218 patients, 158 patients (72.5%) encountered discharge delays mainly due to intrinsic patient factors, while the discharge delays in 88 patients (40.4%) were attributed to hospital factors. The main reason for discharge delays for patient factors was slow recovery among 67 patients (30.7%), whereas for hospital factors it was the weekend limitation of services available in 23 patients (10.6%). Conclusions: There were various causes of discharge delays identified among the 218 acute medical unit patients who experienced discharge delays. Older patients with frailty, polypharmacy and complex medical issues were more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay in the acute medical unit. Stringent inclusion criteria, increasing discharge planning as well as an effective multidisciplinary approach will aid in reducing discharge delays from the acute medical unit.

Prevalence of signs of dysphagia and associated risk factors in geriatric patients admitted to an acute medical unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 208-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Dissing Olesen ◽  
Robert Mariusz Modlinski ◽  
Simon Hosbond Poulsen ◽  
Pernille Mølgaard Rosenvinge ◽  
Henrik Højgaard Rasmussen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

scholarly journals Acute medical unit staffing mismatch

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 44-44
Author(s):  
Dominic Reynish
Keyword(s):  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit

Socialising Disease: Medical Categories and Inclusion of the Aged

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Latimer
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Hospital Care ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Medical Domain

When older peoples' troubles are categorised as social rather than medical, hospital care can be denied them. Drawing on an ethnography of older people admitted as emergencies to an acute medical unit, the article demonstrates how medical categories can provide shelter for older people. By holding their clinical identity on medical rather than social grounds, physicians who specialise in gerontology in the acute medical domain can help prevent the over-socialising of an older person's health troubles. As well as helping the older person to draw certain resources to themselves, such as treatment and care, this inclusion in positive medical categories can provide shelter for the older person, to keep at bay their effacement as ‘social problems'. These findings suggest that contemporary sociological critique of biomedicine may underestimate how medical categorising, as the obligatory passage through which to access important resources and life chances, can constitute a process of social inclusion.

scholarly journals 31 * DEMENTIA CQUIN COMPLIANCE IN THE ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT: COMPLETED AUDIT CYCLE IN A LONDON TEACHING HOSPITAL

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. i7-i7
Author(s):  
R. Keynejad ◽  
A. Hawksley ◽  
J. Harrison ◽  
A. Skinner ◽  
E. Asgari
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Audit Cycle

scholarly journals Effects of influx of holidaymakers on an acute medical unit in Cornwall.

BMJ ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 4 (5991) ◽  
pp. 276-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
S D Horsley ◽  
P J Smail ◽  
A K Thould
Keyword(s):  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit

scholarly journals Rhythmicity of patient flow in an acute medical unit: relationship to hospital occupancy, seven-day working, and the effect of COVID-19

QJM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S J Dauncey ◽  
P A Kelly ◽  
D Baykov ◽  
A C Skeldon ◽  
M B Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Fourier Transforms ◽  
Patient Flow ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Hospital Performance ◽  
Bed Occupancy ◽  
Urban Hospital ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Acute Medical Unit

Abstract Background The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) provides care for unscheduled hospital admissions. Seven-day Consultant presence and morning AMU discharges have been advocated to improve hospital bed management. Aims To determine whether a later time of daily peak AMU occupancy correlates with measures of hospital stress; whether seven-day Consultant presence, for COVID-19, abolished weekly periodicity of discharges. Design Retrospective cohort analysis Methods Anonymised AMU admission and discharge times were retrieved from the Profile Information Management System (PIMS), at a large, urban hospital from 14th April 2014—31st December 2018 and 20th March—2nd May 2020 (COVID-19 peak). Minute-by-minute admission and discharge times were combined to construct a running total of AMU bed occupancy. Fourier transforms were used to determine periodicity. We tested association between i) average AMU occupancy and ii) time of peak AMU occupancy, with measures of hospital stress (total medical bed occupancy and ‘medical outliers’ on non-medical wards). Results Daily, weekly and seasonal patterns of AMU bed occupancy were evident. Timing of AMU peak occupancy was unrelated to each measure of hospital stress: total medical inpatients (Spearman’s rho, rs=0.04, P = 0.24); number of medical outliers (rs=-0.06, P = 0.05). During COVID-19, daily bed occupancy was similar, with continuation of greater Friday and Monday discharges than the weekend. Conclusions Timing of peak AMU occupancy did not alter with hospital stress. Efforts to increase morning AMU discharges are likely to have little effect on hospital performance. Seven-day Consultant presence did not abolish weekly periodicity of discharges – other factors influence weekend discharges.

How do junior doctors spend their time in an Acute Medical Unit?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
Eirini V Kasfiki ◽  
◽  
Mamoon Yusaf ◽  
Jivendra Gosai ◽  
Makani Purva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Postgraduate Training ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Bed Occupancy ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Admission Rates ◽  
The Past ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
The Uk

In the UK, postgraduate training for doctors has undergone significant changes over the past decade general practice, etc. During this period, hospital admission rates and bed occupancy have also increased.

The evidence for assessing frailty and sarcopenia in an acute medical unit: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-67
Author(s):  
Vicky Kamwa ◽  
◽  
Adam Seccombe ◽  
Elizabeth Sapey ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Unplanned Admission ◽  
Medical Unit ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Acute Medical Unit ◽  
Study Heterogeneity ◽  
Clinical Adoption

Background/objectives: A systematic review was conducted to assess if frailty and sarcopenia were associated with poorer outcomes in older adults admitted to an acute medical unit (AMU). Methods: Eligible studies included older adults with an unplanned admission to an AMU and included a measure of frailty or sarcopenia, completed within 72 hours of admission. Risk of bias was assessed. Results: Of 1659 identified articles, 16 were included (4 on sarcopenia and 12 on frailty). There was significant study heterogeneity. Overall, frailty and sarcopenia were associated with worse outcomes. Targeted interventions appeared to improve outcomes. Conclusion: Current evidence suggests some benefit in screening older adults admitted to an AMU for frailty and sarcopenia. However, further studies are required before clinical adoption.

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