Search results for "Quality of care"
Medicare proposes payment, quality reporting changes for 2018 and asks for input
Significant proposed changes include requiring The Joint Commission to post survey reports online and accounting for social risk factors, disability, and medical complexity when assessing rates of hospital-acquired conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/04/26/2.htm
26 Apr 2017
In the News
Performance measures and readmissions, early management of acute ischemic stroke, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/itn.htm
15 May 2013
Readmission penalties didn't improve COPD exacerbation care
The percentage of patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received recommended care increased at a rate of 0.16% per month before implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program compared to 0.01% per month in the four years after.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/readmission-penalties-didnt-improve-copd-exacerbation-care.htm
10 Aug 2022
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
Letter from the Editor
Reducing readmissions is top of mind for many hospitals today, yet efforts have been met with varying degrees of success. Hospitals and physicians in some communities, like Camden, N.J., have taken a comprehensive approach,.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/lfe.htm
15 May 2010
Breaking language barriers with a phone call
An intervention used telephone access to expand translation services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/success-story-translation-services.htm
15 May 2017
Improving access, education reduces readmissions after PCI
Physicians developed an initiative spanning all phases of PCI care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/03/success-story-pci-readmissions.htm
15 Mar 2017
Automating antimicrobial stewardship
EHR integration of a patient scoring tool improved care quality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/success-story-automating-antimicrobial-stewardship.htm
15 Aug 2017
A summer on the hospitalist team
An Irish medical student gives his first impressions of U.S. hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/student.htm
15 Mar 2013
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