Search results for "Patient Experience"
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
Taking communication skills seriously
Formal training can improve patient satisfaction, physician burnout.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/communication-training.htm
15 Oct 2016
Recent Research
Severity of illness and patient satisfaction scores, obstructive sleep apnea, CA-UTI prevention, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2016
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2016 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/2016-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2016
Under the same umbrella
Pros and cons of integrated hospitalist/ED staffing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/integrated-hospitalist-ED.htm
15 Nov 2016
Better handoffs
Hospitalists explore new tech and face-to-face strategies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/improving-handoffs.htm
15 Dec 2016
MKSAP quiz on beta-blockers
The following cases and commentary, which focus on use of beta-blockers, are excerpted from ACPs Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 17).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/ty.htm
15 Apr 2017
Digital tools help patients find their way
Hospitals offer wayfinding apps for patients and staff.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/wayfinding-apps.htm
15 May 2017
Finding a friend for unbefriended patients
Hospitalists can help the most vulnerable.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/unbefriended-patients.htm
15 May 2017
Our Internal Medicine Meeting issue
Learn about alcohol withdrawal, opioid prescribing, decompensated heart failure, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jun 2017