Search results for "Patient Safety"
Hospital-acquired condition penalty program did not reduce conditions it targeted
Findings in one state raise questions about whether national value-based payment programs are effective in reducing hospital-acquired conditions and whether penalties under the program should be continued, study authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/2.htm
13 Nov 2019
October 2015
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/
In the News
New hospitals and patient satisfaction, NSAIDs and adverse events, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2015
IMGs face uncertainty amid politics, rhetoric
Residency leaders report delays, worries due to immigration policies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/imgs-face-uncertainty-amid-politics-rhetoric.htm
15 Jan 2019
Keeping track of mistakes that don't happen
Near-miss tracking project for residents aims to improve hospital care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/nearmiss.htm
15 Apr 2008
New proposed rule for discharge planning focuses on patient preferences
Hospitals and critical access hospitals would be required to develop a discharge plan within 24 hours of admission or registration and complete it before the patient is discharged.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/04/2.htm
4 Nov 2015
Veterans Health Administration hospitals outperformed other facilities on mortality, safety measures
According to an analysis of Hospital Compare data, Veterans Health Administration hospitals provided the best care in most hospital referral regions and rarely provided the worst care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/12/4.htm
12 Dec 2018
Specific components of antimicrobial stewardship programs associated with improvements
Effective components included postgraduate physician/pharmacy training programs, order sets specific to antimicrobials, systematic de-escalation review, pharmacists and/or infectious disease (ID) attendings on acute care ward teams, and formal ID training of pharmacists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/05/10/1.htm
10 May 2017
Delays in ICU transfer increase mortality, LOS, but early warning score may help, study finds
Researchers retrospectively applied the previously published electronic Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (eCART) score, which utilizes demographics, vital signs, and laboratory data as an objective measure of critical illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/2.htm
13 Jul 2016
Antimicrobial stewardship, readmissions
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/in-the-news.htm
15 Jul 2017