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What to Do When a Payer Audits Your Documentation

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Medicare and private payers continue to focus on audits to recover improper payments. You need to be prepared for the possibility of an audit.

Stop My Dad’s Suffering: Bridging the Gap Between Comfort Care and Euthanasia

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Review this case study and analysis about bridging the gap between comfort care and euthanasia.

Using Quality Improvement Strategies to Address Burnout and Promote a Healthy Work Culture

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. The increased attention being given to addressing burnout among healthcare professionals is due in part to the recognition that burnout is a consequence of physical and emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and the stressors from working under difficult or demanding conditions.

May I Have Your Attention, Please? Renewed Focus on Medication Automation

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. The medication use process in hospitals is often complex; however, technology and automation have made medication use more efficient and have enhanced safety.

Clinical Considerations in Managing the IVIG Shortage

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), first approved for use in the 1980s, is an essential treatment used in a wide variety of clinical specialties including neurology, hematology, immunology, nephrology, rheumatology, and dermatology.

The Importance of Good Sleep in the ICU

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Critically ill patients commonly experience severe sleep disruption and deprivation. Excessive sleep fragmentation, reduced REM sleep, and loss of normal circadian rhythm are common.

The Impact of Opioids on the Delivery of Critical Care in the 21st Century

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Opioids impact critical care in multiple ways. Not only do they form the backbone of managing pain and sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU), the burgeoning opioid epidemic also feeds into opioid-related ICU admissions.

Emerging Strategies and Hot Topics in Hospital-Acquired Infection

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections.

Big Data Is a Big Deal

This article was originally published in the November 2019 issue of Critical Connections. Two experts in the field share their perspective ahead of their presentations at the 49th Critical Care Congress.

A Matter of Life and Death: How States Are Tackling Sepsis as Public Policy

Anthony Fiore, MD, MPH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief of the Epidemiology Research and Innovations Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, is featured in a new Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Public Health Review podcast episode, A Matter of Life and Death: How States Are Tackling Sepsis as Public Policy.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Pain

These teaching slides address implementing the 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU, known as the PADIS Guidelines. This presentation addresses implementing the portion of the guidelines related to pain.

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Sedation

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Delirium

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Sleep

PADIS Guidelines Teaching Slides: Immobility

Addressing Burnout: A Success Story from Mayo Clinic

"Addressing Burnout: A Success Story from Mayo Clinic" was published in the February/March 2018 issue of Critical Connections.

SCCM Pod-VCCR7 The Basics of Veno-Arterial and Veno-Venous ECMO and the Indications of ECMO Therapy

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS, speaks with Elliott Cohen, MD about extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In the episode, the basics of Veno-Arterial (VA) and Veno-Venous (VV) ECMO are outlined and the indications of ECMO therapy are discussed.

Post-ICU Syndrome: Truth About Consequences, Right Care Right Now... and Later

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 45th Critical Care Congress on post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

SCCM Pod-368 Achieving Fluid Balance

Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Colin K. Grissom, MD, FCCM, and Matthew W. Semler, MD, about fluid management in the critically ill. Dr. Grissom presented his talk, entitled “Achieving Fluid Balance,” at the 47th Critical Care Congress in San Antonio, Texas.

Drug-Induced Gastrointestinal Disease

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Critical Care Congress features internationally renowned faculty and content sessions highlighting the most up-to-date, evidence-based developments in critical care medicine. This is a presentation from the 44th Critical Care Congress on Drug-Induced Gastrointestinal Disease.