Search results for "Patient Satisfaction"
Telehospitalist program reduced length of stay at a rural VHA hospital, study finds
Readmission rates did not improve with telemedicine, but patients and clinicians at both the hub and spoke hospitals were highly satisfied with a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) telehospitalist pilot program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/3.htm
24 Feb 2021
November 2013
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/
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
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/
In the News
Best practice advice on PE, contamination of protective gear, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2015
From a warm welcome to a follow-up appointment
DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., improved patient satisfaction scores by improving communication.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/09/success.htm
15 Sep 2012
Giving hospitalists their space
Cleveland Clinic’s division of general internal medicine decided to try “geographic roundingâ€ï¿½ after a patient satisfaction survey revealed that many patients were unhappy that “my doctor is never around.â€ï¿½ That sentiment is starting to change now that hospitalists spend more time actually talking with patients and less time getting to them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/geographic.htm
15 Feb 2009
HCAHPS physician communication scores improve as gap closes between hospitals
Hospitals whose scores were in the highest quartile in 2007 had a statistically significant decrease in them over the following 7 years.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/10/07/4.htm
7 Oct 2015
Doctoring with dignity
Even simple things like how patients are addressed can have a long-lasting effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/dignity.htm
15 Dec 2012
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