Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Changes afoot at physician-owned specialty hospitals
When Oklahoma Heart Hospital opened in August 2002 in Oklahoma City, it didn't take long for nearby community hospital Baptist Medical Center to realize it needed to make some changes to offset the loss of patients. But new government and state regulations will mean changes in the specialty hospital workplace in the coming months and years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cover-story.htm
15 Aug 2007
Psych teams
Psychiatric comanagement brings expert care to vulnerable patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/psychiatric-comanagement.htm
15 Aug 2016
Warfarin better than heparin bridging during cardiac device surgery
For certain high-risk patients undergoing pacemaker or implantable-cardioverter defibrillator surgery, continuing warfarin treatment has lower incidence of device-pocket hematomas than heparin bridging therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/22/1.htm
22 May 2013
Evidence lacking that preoperative testing improves outcome for cataract surgery
Routine preoperative testing before cataract surgery had no effect on total perioperative complications or on the number of canceled procedures, a meta-analysis found, while there was not enough evidence to draw conclusions about any other surgical procedures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/02/12/2.htm
12 Feb 2014
Diuretic guidance, endocarditis risks, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2021
Dripping lidocaine from syringe onto skin before injection reduces pain, study finds
Study authors theorized that the cool temperature of the lidocaine was responsible for the pain reduction, since it wouldn't be expected to have a direct anesthetic effect on the skin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/02/4.htm
2 May 2018
Recent Research
Hip fractures in nursing homes, cognitive impairment with TIA, beta-blockers before CABG, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/rr.htm
15 Dec 2014
One hospital gets smart about discharge paperwork
Anne Arundel Medical Center in Maryland uses whiteboards, worksheets to instruct patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/06/success.htm
15 Jun 2013
The May issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The May issue of ACP Hospitalist features stories on using guidelines wisely, hospital-at-home programs, and improving patient satisfaction scores.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/05/22/5.htm
22 May 2013
Do you need a checklist?
There's limited evidence but apparent potential for these tools in hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/do-you-need-a-checklist.htm
15 Feb 2021