“Subtle signs of delirium and/or declining mental awareness can include disorientation about date, location, reason for ...

A large language model could help assess patient acuity in emergency departments, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. When given pairs of patient histories extracted from emergency ...

Hospital mortality infection rates declined significantly from 2019 to 2025 despite increased patient acuity, showing ...

As patients delayed or avoided care during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital patients are now experiencing more severe disease, in many cases requiring longer hospitalizations and more intensive ...

The American Hospital Association has released a report on patient acuity that shows hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is ...

A rise in patient acuity over the next decade will create an even greater strain on hospitals’ resources, according to a report released Tuesday by Vizient and its subsidiary Sg2. Acuity is defined as ...

The role of a hospitalist is multidisciplinary and one of the primary responsibilities in your role is to notice and act on the changes you notice regarding your patients, including mental awareness ...

Hospital capacity problems are expected to persist over the next decade even as care increasingly moves out of the traditional hospital into the home and outpatient settings, according to the latest ...