Search results for "Quality Improvement"
SDOH data collected for varied reasons including curriculum development, quality improvement
A review found that food security or malnutrition was the social determinant of health (SDOH) most commonly screened for among patients hospitalized on medicine services, followed by housing, transportation, employment, education, income, functional status and disability, and social support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/sdoh-data-collected-for-varied-reasons-including-curriculum-development-quality-improvement.htm
14 Dec 2022
Quality improvement across specialties
A hospitalist mentored an endocrinology fellow after they connected at a social event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/30/quality-improvement-across-specialties.htm
30 Nov 2022
Improving at quality improvement
When choosing a QI project, it's important to think before you act.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/improving-at-quality-improvement.htm
15 Jul 2018
Helping patients follow their heart (failure meds)
Partnership between clinicians and pharmacy improved medication adherence after discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/success-story-helping-patients-follow-their-heart-failure-meds.htm
15 May 2018
A passion for quality improvement, right from the start
Mark R. Chassin, FACP, outlines his role as President of The Joint Commission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/profile.htm
15 Dec 2008
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
In the News
More hospitals employing physicians, survey finds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/itn.htm
15 Sep 2008
Medicare takes aim at hospital-acquired conditions
Medicare's recent announcement that it will stop paying for some hospital-acquired conditions has hospitals ramping up their quality improvement efforts, and some experts predict that hospitalists are likely to find themselves center stage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/11/cover-story.htm
15 Nov 2007
November 30, 2022
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/30/
July 2018
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/07/