Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Half of VHA hospitals employ advanced practice providers, engage NPs and PAs similarly
About half of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals employ advanced practice providers (APPs), with nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) often doing similar tasks, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/24/2.htm
24 Sep 2014
For hospitalists, the times are changing
Hospitalists already have skills that will help them flourish amid change, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/08/changingtimes.htm
15 Aug 2014
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
Non-opioid pain management regimen may reduce costs, length of stay, overall opioid use
Gastrointestinal surgical patients treated with a non-opioid pain management regimen had less overall opioid use and shorter length of stay and incurred fewer hospital costs than those treated with an opioid-based regimen, a new analysis found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/07/02/3.htm
2 Jul 2014
Higher response rates help specialty hospitals excel on HCAHPS
Specialty hospitals get better response rates and scores on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) than general medical hospitals, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/25/1.htm
25 Jun 2014
Consider country, culture when caring for Latino patients
Ask open-ended questions, consider barriers to care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/latino-patients.htm
15 Jun 2014
Make quality metrics work for you
Stand out by providing high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/quality-metrics.htm
15 Jun 2014
Doripenem not for pneumonia; migraine prevention device approved
Details on the latest recalls, warnings, and label changes, as well as a device approval.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/fda.htm
15 May 2014
More things you shouldn't do
Folate levels and 24-hour monitoring after switching from IV to oral antibiotics were among the topics covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/non-evidence-based-medicine.htm
15 May 2014
Contesting contact precautions
The debate over best practice may leave hospitalists wondering in which camp they and their hospitals belong.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/04/contact-precautions.htm
15 Apr 2014