Search results for "Performance measures"
Postprocedural respiratory failure
How to properly make and document the diagnosis of respiratory failure following surgery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/coding-postprocedural-respiratory-failure.htm
15 Jul 2017
New ACP guideline calls for assessment before VTE prophylaxis
Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE) should be given to medical inpatients only after an assessment of the benefits and risks of treatment, according to a new guideline from ACP.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/02/1.htm
2 Nov 2011
ICD-10: New documentation opportunities
Depression, sepsis, respiratory failure, stroke, and heart disease are discussed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/ICD-10-documentation-opportunities.htm
15 Oct 2015
How documentation impacts VBPM, PQRS
Starting in 2015, what hospitalists record will affect their facilities' Value-Based Payment Modifier and Physician Quality Reporting System results.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/coding.htm
15 Sep 2014
A new approach to inpatient admission status
Physicians, not the hospital or case managers, are responsible for making the correct determination.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2013
Hand hygiene recommendations released
Several professional societies, including the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, recently released recommendations on preventing health care-associated infections through hand hygiene.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/23/1.htm
23 Jul 2014
AHA and ACC issue heart failure guidelines
New and revised recommendations on the treatment of heart failure were released last week jointly by the American College of Cardiology Foundation and American Heart Association.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/12/1.htm
12 Jun 2013
Recent Research
Early statin use in stroke, acute lung injury, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/rr.htm
15 Feb 2012
Billing and coding
Specific documentation helps optimize payments for heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/coding.htm
15 Jan 2009
Predicting mortality
Algorithms could be used in assessing safety and quality of care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/risk.htm
15 Jul 2013