Search results for "Quality of care"
Beyond the M&M
Hospitals review every death to flag problems, jump-start quality improvement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/morbidity-mortality-conference.htm
15 Sep 2016
Discharge checklist and risk assessment helped reduce readmissions after PCI, study finds
The discharge checklist included a sublingual nitroglycerin prescription, confirmation of insurance coverage of antiplatelet agents, and recommendations for timely follow-up. Patients also received links to education videos about chest discomfort and heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/2.htm
31 Aug 2016
Women were less likely to receive thrombolysis and had longer door-to-needle time, study finds
Overall, 77.8% of women in the studied stroke registry, which included hospitals in Florida and Puerto Rico, received what the researchers defined as defect-free care, compared with 78.5% of men.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/1.htm
31 Aug 2016
Connecting the causes and codes for pneumonia
The rules that govern code assignment for pneumonia bear little relationship to long-accepted clinical documentation practices.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/coding-pneumonia-causes.htm
15 Aug 2016
Psych teams
Psychiatric comanagement brings expert care to vulnerable patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/psychiatric-comanagement.htm
15 Aug 2016
CMS gives hospitals star ratings for overall care, expands bundled payments
The new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating summarizes data from existing publicly reported quality measures into a single star rating for each hospital on the Hospital Compare website, while the proposed expansion of the bundled payment program includes new or changed bundles for cardiac care, hip surgery, and cardiac rehabilitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/1.htm
3 Aug 2016
Stretching the end of hospitalization past discharge
A new clinic in an outpatient care center focuses on recently discharged patients at high risk for readmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/07/success-story-reducing-readmissions-high-risk-patients.htm
15 Jul 2016
New CMS specialty code and more on Sepsis-3
This column discusses the new CMS specialty code for hospital medicine and developments in sepsis criteria.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/06/coding-CMS-specialty-code-sepsis.htm
15 Jun 2016
Medicare reports on the 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Value Modifier
For physicians who haven't begun working on the Value Modifier, 2016 is the year for immediate action.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/coding-physician-fee-schedule-value-modifier.htm
15 May 2016
Perfecting post-acute care
Hospitalists take bigger role in postdischarge decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/post-acute-care.htm
15 Apr 2016