Search results for "Quality measures"
Ask Dr. Pinson
Readers inquire about sepsis criteria, uncontrolled diabetes, and aspiration pneumonia.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/coding-corner-ask-dr-pinson.htm
15 Mar 2019
January issue is online and in the mail
This month's main story focuses on debates in sepsis care and ACP Hospitalist will hold a Twitter chat on the subject on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m. Eastern.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/5.htm
16 Jan 2019
Debates in sepsis
Experts disagree about use of antibiotics, IV fluids, and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/01/debates-in-sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2019
Beating burnout
Speakers at Hospital Medicine 2018 offer their advice on preventing, recognizing, and recovering from burnout.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/06/beating-burnout.htm
15 Jun 2018
Thrombectomy window and note templates
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2018
MI performance measures, health literacy and LOS, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2018
Progress note template, lecture increased note quality while decreasing length
The template design minimized autopopulation while encouraging clinicians to enter relevant data through free-text fields, prompts, and drop-down menus. The end of the template also featured a checklist of key concerns and quality measures.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/31/4.htm
31 Jan 2018
ACC and AHA update performance measures for STEMI and NSTEMI
The update has 17 performance measures, including four new ones, and seven quality measures, all of them new.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2017
Interactive voice response calls after hospital discharge may help smoking cessation rates
Patients received smoking cessation counseling in the hospital, followed by free smoking cessation medication and five automated interactive voice response calls over a three-month period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/21/2.htm
21 Jun 2017
Surviving Sepsis Campaign adopts Sepsis-3 definition
If physicians do not follow severe sepsis management measure definitions, a deficiency in the quality of care for severe sepsis management could be reported to the CDC and CMS.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2017