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Nurse-Led Family Communication in the ICU: Modest Gains in Communication Quality and Shorter Hospital Stays — What Works and What We Still Don’t Know

A 2025 systematic review of nurse-led ICU family communication interventions found modest improvement in communication quality (SMD 0.26) and reduced hospital LOS (~3.9 days), but limited effects on psychological distress, satisfaction, ICU

Dec 9, 2025Sign in to read

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Temporary Inpatient Hemodialysis Access for Uninsured Patients Is Associated with Shorter Hospital Stays in a County Safety-Net System

A Los Angeles County quality-improvement study found that regulatory approval allowing an inpatient hemodialysis unit to provide transitional outpatient dialysis to uninsured patients initiating hemodialysis was associated with a substantia

Nov 19, 2025

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Enhancing Hospitalist Care of Undifferentiated Dyspnea with Cardiopulmonary Point-of-Care Ultrasonography: Reducing Length of Stay and Costs

Implementation of cardiopulmonary POCUS in hospitalist management of undifferentiated dyspnea significantly reduces hospital length of stay and costs, though adoption remains limited, highlighting the need for sustained training and support

Sep 19, 2025