Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Telemetry unit initiative reduces ED crowding, smooths patient flow
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta standardized admission and transfer criteria for its telemetry unit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/04/success.htm
15 Apr 2010
Hospitalist-neurosurgery comanagement lowers costs, doesn't change outcomes
A comanagement program between hospitalists and neurosurgeons lowered one hospital's costs, but didn't change patient satisfaction scores or outcomes, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/12/22/1.htm
22 Dec 2010
Psych teams
Psychiatric comanagement brings expert care to vulnerable patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/08/psychiatric-comanagement.htm
15 Aug 2016
Take note
Patients at University of Michigan's University Hospital are given bedside notepads to encourage discussions about care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/success.htm
15 Jan 2014
The fantasy hospitalist league
What if there were a fantasy league for hospitalists?
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/newman.htm
15 Jan 2011
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
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
Responding to patients' strong emotions
Physicians are skilled at providing medical information but sometimes hesitate to address the emotion that might arise as a result.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/responding-to-patients-strong-emotions.htm
15 Jul 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