Search results for "Quality Improvement"
Frailty screening intervention linked to reduced mortality in year after elective surgery
A best practice alert identified patients with frailty and prompted surgeons to document a frailty-informed shared decision-making process and/or refer for additional evaluation by a multidisciplinary presurgery clinic or a primary care physician.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/01/frailty-screening-intervention-linked-to-reduced-mortality-in-year-after-elective-surgery.htm
1 Mar 2023
Study finds racial disparities in hospitalization of patients presenting to ED with ACS
The proportion of patients who were discharged home from the ED with a diagnostic code of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) was 12% among Black patients, 6% among White patients, 9% among Hispanic patients, and 9% among Asian/Pacific Islander patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/28/study-finds-racial-disparities-in-hospitalization-of-patients-presenting-to-ed-with-acs.htm
28 Sep 2022
Get patients moving in, and out of, the hospital
Two 24-bed general medicine units at the Johns Hopkins Hospital tackled inpatient mobility.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/success-story-mobility.htm
15 Sep 2016
Providing clinicians with prognostic data did not affect heart failure care
Readmissions and mortality were not significantly different between hospitalized heart failure patients who received care as usual and those whose records displayed an alert containing predicted risk of one-year mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/providing-clinicians-with-prognostic-data-did-not-affect-heart-failure-care.htm
17 Aug 2022
Analysis shows good adherence to stroke guidelines in stroke registry hospitals
The Get With The Guidelines study did identify some areas of potential improvement in inpatient stroke care, including more dysphagia screening and use of high-intensity statin therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/analysis-shows-good-adherence-to-stroke-guidelines-in-stroke-registry-hospitals.htm
27 Jul 2022
Silencing text-message interruptions
A system change allowed more concentration on medical education.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/10/success-story-silencing-text-message-interruptions.htm
15 Oct 2019
Reducing readmissions by empowering patients
St. Joseph Hospital in Whatcom County, Wash., reduced unnecessary readmissions by improving patient self-management after hospital discharge.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/success.htm
15 Sep 2010
Collaboration and experimentation reduce C. difficile infections
Rates drop by 73% on pilot wards at English hospital Salford Royal.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/success.htm
15 Dec 2010
A bundle of care that keeps elderly patients out of the hospital
Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas instituted a pilot project providing a “care bundle” to elderly patients at particularly high risk for returning to the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/01/success.htm
15 Jan 2010
Study finds no diagnostic benefit from head CT in common psychiatric presentations
In 369 patients in ED and inpatient settings, the diagnostic yield of head CT examinations was 0.00% for indications of suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, catatonia, and/or psychosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/29/study-finds-no-diagnostic-benefit-from-head-ct-in-common-psychiatric-presentations.htm
29 Jun 2022