Search results for "Patient Experience"
Top Docs
Meet our 2014 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2014
Physician-owned, non-physician-owned acute-care hospitals appear to provide similar care, study finds
Physician-owned hospitals were more likely to be small and urban, and their patients were younger and less likely to be admitted through the ED.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/16/2.htm
16 Sep 2015
Joplin hospital rebuilds, better than before
A 2011 disaster led to a chance to create a dream facility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/joplin.htm
15 Aug 2014
CMS gives hospitals star ratings for overall care, expands bundled payments
The new Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating summarizes data from existing publicly reported quality measures into a single star rating for each hospital on the Hospital Compare website, while the proposed expansion of the bundled payment program includes new or changed bundles for cardiac care, hip surgery, and cardiac rehabilitation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/03/1.htm
3 Aug 2016
Morbid fascination
Obesity is only one of many conditions that could be called morbid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/newman-morbid-fascination.htm
15 Dec 2017
Improving patient satisfaction scores
The mere fact of being in the hospital is incompatible with happiness, which can make the task of improving patient satisfaction feel like an uphill battle.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/05/patientsat.htm
15 May 2013
Sickest patients score hospital clinicians lower on responsiveness, communication
Overall, patients judged to be at high risk of dying were less likely to choose the top box score for all Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey domains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/08/2.htm
8 Jun 2016
Unit-based teamwork intervention for nurses, hospitalists did not improve patient care
An intervention focused on improving interprofessional communication on hospital units did not reduce adverse events or length of stay but did improve nurses' ratings of the teamwork climate.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/11/01/unit-based-teamwork-intervention-for-nurses-hospitalists-did-not-improve-patient-care.htm
1 Nov 2023
Recent Research
ICU glycemic control adoption, beta-blockers at discharge, cognitive function after cardiac arrest, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2015
Hospital value-based purchasing
Physician documentation can affect a hospital's value-based purchasing score##mdash;and thus, its bottom line.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/07/coding.htm
15 Jul 2013