Search results for "Quality of care"
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
June 2012
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/
Improving Indian Health Service hospitals
Agency strives to ensure safety, coordinate quality initiatives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/ihs.htm
15 Apr 2017
Part-time hospitalists tied to patient mortality?
Two experts offer their thoughts on the implications of a recent study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/qa-part-time-hospitalists-tied-to-patient-mortality.htm
15 Nov 2021
Four-day blocks match hospitalists' and patients' schedules
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore changed hospitalists' schedules to improve physician satisfaction and quality of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/06/success.htm
15 Jun 2012
Physicians step up as initiatives change nursing home care
National efforts are underway to improve the quality of care for patients with dementia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/03/nursing-homes.htm
15 Mar 2015
Adherence to performance measures, readmissions not strongly linked
Readmission rates weren't meaningfully lower for hospitals with better adherence to recommended care processes, the authors of a new study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/13/1.htm
13 Mar 2013
Mortality after ED visits declined among Medicare beneficiaries from 2009 to 2016
Rates of 30-day mortality after an ED visit declined among patients admitted to the hospital and those discharged from the ED, and declines were greater for patients seen at teaching, nonprofit, or urban hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/13/1.htm
13 Nov 2019
Hospitals' heart failure mortality rates associated with patients' long-term outcomes
Hospitals with better 30-day mortality rates had higher adherence to recommended processes of care, including use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapies, and postdischarge follow-up.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/03/21/2.htm
21 Mar 2018
High-value care, tele-ICUs, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2021