Search results for "Patient satisfaction"
Hospitals changing practices to curb opioid epidemic
Interventions include shorter prescriptions and closer monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/hospitals-changing-practices-to-curb-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Mar 2019
Responding to patients' strong emotions
Physicians are skilled at providing medical information but sometimes hesitate to address the emotion that might arise as a result.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/responding-to-patients-strong-emotions.htm
15 Jul 2021
Recent Research
Early statin use in stroke, acute lung injury, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/rr.htm
15 Feb 2012
Higher response rates help specialty hospitals excel on HCAHPS
Specialty hospitals get better response rates and scores on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) than general medical hospitals, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/25/1.htm
25 Jun 2014
Hospitals fight back against violence
Hospitals and clinicians are increasingly recognizing workplace violence in the hospital as a problem and employing strategies to deal with it, or better yet, stop it before it happens.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/12/hospitals-fight-back-against-violence.htm
15 Dec 2017
Physician CEOs not associated with any difference in hospital quality, safety outcomes
A cross-sectional study found no relationship between whether a physician was the CEO of a hospital and the facility's HCAHPS scores or Leapfrog hospital safety grades, although patients were more willing to recommend a hospital if a physician was in charge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/19/physician-ceos-not-associated-with-any-difference-in-hospital-quality-safety-outcomes.htm
19 Oct 2022
Take note
Patients at University of Michigan's University Hospital are given bedside notepads to encourage discussions about care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/success.htm
15 Jan 2014
Taking charge after discharge
Medicare payment penalties have helped spur the industry's growth.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/01/discharge.htm
15 Jan 2013
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
Standardized rounds, antibiotics and acute kidney injury, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/in-the-news.htm
15 Jun 2017