Search results for "Performance measures"
Heart failure documentation and coding challenges
Identifying the systolic versus diastolic nature of heart failure is crucial for clinical management and coding purposes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/coding-corner-heart-failure-documentation-challenges.htm
15 Feb 2019
Blood loss anemia
Making a distinction between acute and chronic blood loss anemia is important.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/coding-blood-loss-anemia.htm
15 Jan 2016
Hospitalist issues take hold at Board of Governors meeting
From boosting recruitment to managing infections, hospitalist issues were well represented during the Board of Governors' April business meeting at Internal Medicine 2007 in San Diego.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/06/gov-meeting.htm
15 Jun 2007
CMS proposes 2008 physician payments
In early July, CMS released proposed changes to Medicare physician payments for 2008.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/cms.htm
15 Aug 2007
Patient navigator program reduces length of stay
A 442-bed acute care urban academic health center in Toronto decreased length of stay by improving patient-physician communication and handoffs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/success-story-length-of-stay.htm
15 Nov 2015
Recent Research
Hyperglycemia and cerebral venous thrombosis outcomes, “opt-out” HIV screening, invasive versus conservative strategy in elderly cardiac patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2016
The challenge of predicting readmissions
It would be convenient if, along with their white coats, hospitalists were issued crystal balls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/12/qa.htm
15 Dec 2011
acp-hosp0000
For the VBPM, quality of care is assessed using the reportedPQRS performance measures and 3 additional outcome measures:all-cause 30-day readmissions; high admission rates for 3 acuteconditions (bacterial pneumonia, ... CODING CORNER. Table 1. PQRS measures that may applyto hospitalists. Measure Description Domainnumber.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/09/acph-201409-coding_t1.pdf
10 Sep 2014
Recent Research
Restrictive transfusions, hospice care use, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/rr.htm
15 May 2011
Conserving blood: How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates
How hospitals are reducing blood transfusion rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/transfusion.htm
15 Oct 2008