Search results for "Practice patterns"
Mortality rates similar, readmissions lower in hospital patients cared for by locum tenens
The hospital patients who were treated by locums did have significantly higher Medicare Part B spending and longer length of stay, the retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/2.htm
13 Dec 2017
Most hospitalists are providing ICU care, many feel training insufficient, survey finds
The results confirm that hospitalists have become the major and often sole providers of critical care services in many hospitals without robust intensivist support, said the study authors, who called for additional training and support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/12/13/1.htm
13 Dec 2017
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