Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Could less be more in care transitions?
Interventions to improve the quality of care transitions may work better when they are less complex, say researchers who offer some ideas for future efforts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/could-less-be-more-in-care-transitions.htm
31 Jan 2024
Chair by the bedside improves patient satisfaction with hospitalists, trial finds
When a medical student moved a chair from the closet to the bedside, hospitalists were dramatically more likely to sit down while talking to a patient, with resulting benefits on satisfaction and communication, a small study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/chair-by-the-bedside-improves-patient-satisfaction-with-hospitalists-trial-finds.htm
3 Jan 2024
A better team, with the same outcomes
Why did only nurses see an improvement from a teamwork intervention at four hospitals? A hospitalist researcher offers his thoughts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/12/20/a-better-team-with-the-same-outcomes.htm
20 Dec 2023
Remote work for hospitalists
Telehospitalist systems provide benefits for both small hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/19/remote-work-for-hospitalists.htm
19 Jul 2023
Heart failure care at home
The hospital at home model appears particularly suited to patients who require hospitalization for heart failure, a recent cardiology commentary said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/heart-failure-care-at-home.htm
14 Jun 2023
Readmission project failed to reduce readmissions or mortality, Swiss study finds
An accompanying editorial by Robert M. Wachter, MD, MACP, offered thoughts on why several recent interventions haven't budged readmissions and where to go from here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/05/10/readmission-project-failed-to-reduce-readmissions-or-mortality-swiss-study-finds.htm
10 May 2023
From pediatric to adult hospital care
Treating young adults with chronic childhood conditions poses challenges for hospitalists, whether they're trained in adult medicine or pediatrics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/from-pediatric-to-adult-hospital-care.htm
14 Dec 2022
Integrated peripheral IV catheters may have lower risk of device failure, trial finds
An industry-funded study randomized patients requiring at least 24 hours of IV therapy to either an integrated peripheral IV catheter, with built-in extension sets, wings, and flattened bases, or a traditional peripheral IV catheter.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/23/integrated-peripheral-iv-catheters-may-have-lower-risk-of-device-failure-trial-finds.htm
23 Nov 2022
Physician CEOs not associated with any difference in hospital quality, safety outcomes
A cross-sectional study found no relationship between whether a physician was the CEO of a hospital and the facility's HCAHPS scores or Leapfrog hospital safety grades, although patients were more willing to recommend a hospital if a physician was in charge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/physician-ceos-not-associated-with-any-difference-in-hospital-quality-safety-outcomes.htm
19 Oct 2022
A different kind of business card
Hospitalist information cards increased patient satisfaction, one program found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/a-different-kind-of-business-card.htm
17 Aug 2022