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
Perfecting post-acute care
Hospitalists take bigger role in postdischarge decisions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/post-acute-care.htm
15 Apr 2016
Fixing, not fighting, electronic systems
Even health IT experts get angry at their electronic medical records, but the solution is to work with your computers rather than toss them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/fixing-EHRs.htm
15 May 2016
Practices report gradual shifts toward tying pay to quality and patient satisfaction metrics
Quality measures are a small but possibly increasing percentage of total compensation for physicians, a recent report found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/09/2.htm
9 Jul 2014
Quality time
What would happen if quality measures were applied to your personal life?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/newman.htm
15 Sep 2012
Thrombectomy window and note templates
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2018
Direct hospital employment of physicians rising, with no apparent impact on care quality
The retrospective cohort study included all U.S. nonfederal acute care hospitals, comparing those that employed physicians, those that had looser affiliated relationships, and those that were unaffiliated, having no association with physicians beyond the traditional medical staff model.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/09/21/1.htm
21 Sep 2016
Measure of the month: coronary artery disease
Measure of the month: Coronary artery disease.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/cad.htm
15 Oct 2008
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
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