Search results for "Quality of care"
Heart failure readmission rates not associated with quality or mortality
The results raise questions about the validity of 30-day readmissions as a performance and payment metric for hospitals, the authors said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/16/2.htm
16 Nov 2016
In the News
High ICU utilization and costs, discharge checklist and risk assessment, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/in-the-news.htm
15 Nov 2016
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2016 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/2016-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2016
Under the same umbrella
Pros and cons of integrated hospitalist/ED staffing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/integrated-hospitalist-ED.htm
15 Nov 2016
Understanding nocturnists
Most hospitalist programs misunderstand how to attract and keep quality physicians in this role, the author says.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/nocturnist-tips.htm
15 Oct 2016
Updates on NOTICE, Sepsis-3, and hypertensive crisis
CMS takes action on several recently covered topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/coding-update-NOTICE-Sepsis-3.htm
15 Oct 2016
MKSAP quiz on anticoagulation
Cases involving anticoagulants for afib after PCI, periprocedural anticoagulation, and others are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/mskap-anticoagulation.htm
15 Oct 2016
Giving physicians outcome data reduced costs, improved quality at 1 hospital
Pilot improvement projects targeted cost and quality for hip and knee replacement, hospitalist lab utilization, and sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/2.htm
21 Sep 2016
Direct hospital employment of physicians rising, with no apparent impact on care quality
The retrospective cohort study included all U.S. nonfederal acute care hospitals, comparing those that employed physicians, those that had looser affiliated relationships, and those that were unaffiliated, having no association with physicians beyond the traditional medical staff model.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/1.htm
21 Sep 2016
Crucial coding rules for clinicians
Principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure, and present on admission are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/coding-rules.htm
15 Sep 2016