Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Decision-making preferences of hospitalized patients linked to care satisfaction, trust
In a survey study of hospitalized patients, most of them African American, those who disagreed with leaving medical decisions to their physicians were more likely to be dissatisfied with their care and lack confidence and trust in their physicians compared with those who agreed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/07/2.htm
7 Oct 2020
February 2009
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/
Improving patient satisfaction is not rocket science
Ten easy ways to generate “thank yous”.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/patient-satisfaction-tips.htm
15 May 2015
Mobile apps enter the hospital
An expert discusses which apps hospitalists should know about and how they can begin to prescribe them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/mobile-apps.htm
15 Dec 2015
In the News
Guidelines for STEMI, ADA recommendations for blood pressure in diabetics, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/itn.htm
15 Mar 2013
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
Top Docs
Our fifth annual Top Hospitalists issue recognizes 10 dedicated physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2012
Breaking language barriers with a phone call
An intervention used telephone access to expand translation services.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/success-story-translation-services.htm
15 May 2017
Model simulates effects of proposed changes to hospital staffing and wards
Researchers simulated four scenarios: geographically localizing housestaff and patients, adding a nursing unit, adding a hospitalist team, and adding both a nursing unit and a hospitalist team.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/3.htm
5 Dec 2018
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