Search results for "Quality of care"
One hospital finds better communication with patients thanks to EHRs
Patient satisfaction rates went up after EHR implementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/EHRs.htm
15 May 2015
Fewer malpractice claims made against hospitalists than other groups
Hospitalists have a lower rate of malpractice claims than nonhospitalist internists, ED physicians, or general surgeons, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/10/29/1.htm
29 Oct 2014
Simplified score predicts death risk after CABG
A new simplified score accurately predicts the risk of long-term mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/09/1.htm
9 May 2012
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes stories on women balancing hospital medicine careers and family, negotiation skills, hospitalists as physician advisors, mortality risk prediction, and evaluating handoffs, among others.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/lfe.htm
15 Jul 2013
Readmission causes, timing and reductions analyzed
Readmissions of recently hospitalized patients were the focus of several studies published last week in the Jan. 23/30 Journal of the American Medical Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/01/30/2.htm
30 Jan 2013
Alcohol use disorders
Alcohol-induced conditions are complications directly due to alcohol use disorder, but because most can also occur independently, clinicians must specifically document the connection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/coding-alcohol-use-disorders-part-2.htm
15 Feb 2018
Take the C-TraIn
Oregon Health ##amp; Science University helped improve transitions by paying community clinics to serve as medical homes for low-income patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/03/ctrain.htm
15 Mar 2012
In the News
Hospitals meeting quality reporting goals, CMS says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/01/itn.htm
15 Jan 2008
July change in physician trainees increases mortality, lowers efficiency
Year-end changeovers of physician trainees at teaching hospitals are associated with increased mortality and lower efficiency of care during July, a new review of studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/07/13/1.htm
13 Jul 2011
Hospitalist-neurosurgery comanagement lowers costs, doesn't change outcomes
A comanagement program between hospitalists and neurosurgeons lowered one hospital's costs, but didn't change patient satisfaction scores or outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/22/1.htm
22 Dec 2010