Search results for "Patient satisfaction"
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/mobile-apps.htm
15 Dec 2015
Top Docs
Meet ACP Hospitalist's 2015 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/top-hospitalists-2015.htm
15 Nov 2015
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
Engaging a team to stop C. diff
A 528-bed acute care hospital reduced C. diff rates by 53% over 2 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/success-story-clostridium-difficile.htm
15 Oct 2015
HCAHPS physician communication scores improve as gap closes between hospitals
Hospitals whose scores were in the highest quartile in 2007 had a statistically significant decrease in them over the following 7 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/07/4.htm
7 Oct 2015
Patient surveys give hospitalists real-time feedback
A teaching hospital uses patient satisfaction data to improve care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/patient-satisfaction-data.htm
15 Sep 2015
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes a cover story on changes in rapid response teams and articles on patients' perspectives of readmissions, heart failure treatment, hospitalist fellowships, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/09/lfe.htm
15 Sep 2015
Open records come to the hospital
Hospitalists explore increasing inpatient access to medical records.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/open-records.htm
15 Aug 2015
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
Improving patient satisfaction is not rocket science
Ten easy ways to generate “thank yous”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/patient-satisfaction-tips.htm
15 May 2015