Search results for "Clinical Care"
Striving for 100% customer satisfaction
Striving for 100% customer satisfaction As patient satisfaction figures more prominently in health care and quality measurement, some worry that hospitals' standard patient satisfaction surveys don’t accurately measure hospitalist care. How should hospitalists prepare for future use of satisfaction data?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/07/cover.htm
15 Jul 2008
Getting the most from advanced practice providers
Hospitalists team up with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/12/advanced-practice-providers.htm
15 Dec 2016
Hospitalist mentorship gets formal
This issue also features stories on Legionnaire's and acute pancreatitis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Sep 2017
More crucial coding rules for clinicians
Such topics as the uncertainty rule, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, and more are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/11/coding-rules-clinicians.htm
15 Nov 2016
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
Hospital medicine still has few programs with substantial research funding, training
While federal funding for hospitalist research and publication of the results increased from 2010 to 2019, most program leaders reported receiving less than $500,000 of funding and only 14% indicated they had a research fellowship or similar training program, a recent small survey found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/12/hospital-medicine-still-has-few-programs-with-substantial-research-funding-training.htm
12 Apr 2023
Patient-centered care: Not just a catchphrase
Better rapport between physicians and patients can help the latter get well, and keep them that way.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/coverstory.htm
15 Aug 2012
In the News
Delayed ICU transfer, updated quality and performance measures for afib, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/in-the-news.htm
15 Oct 2016
Tips for social media users
Physicians who want to use social networking sites have a few things to consider.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/physicians-social-media.htm
15 May 2016
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2017