Search results for "Quality Improvement"
New recommendations from think tank address moral stress among hospital clinicians
The Study to Examine Physicians' Pandemic Stress interviewed attendings and fellows who cared for COVID-19 patients in 23 hospitals in New York City and New Orleans and developed 12 recommendations to address their distress.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/25/new-recommendations-from-think-tank-address-moral-stress-among-hospital-clinicians.htm
25 Jan 2023
SDOH data collected for varied reasons including curriculum development, quality improvement
A review found that food security or malnutrition was the social determinant of health (SDOH) most commonly screened for among patients hospitalized on medicine services, followed by housing, transportation, employment, education, income, functional status and disability, and social support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/12/14/sdoh-data-collected-for-varied-reasons-including-curriculum-development-quality-improvement.htm
14 Dec 2022
Quality improvement across specialties
A hospitalist mentored an endocrinology fellow after they connected at a social event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/30/quality-improvement-across-specialties.htm
30 Nov 2022
Making the most of mentorship
Our special issue on mentorship offers tips for building relationships and five diverse stories of successful mentor/mentee pairs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/30/making-the-most-of-mentorship.htm
30 Nov 2022
A boost in the middle
Faculty development leaders search for new ways to help mid-career hospitalists stay inspired and pursue their passions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/16/free/a-boost-in-the-middle.htm
16 Nov 2022
Owning OUD in the hospital
Less than 15% of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) receive treatment with buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalization. New recommendations for hospitalists aim to change that.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/11/02/free/owning-oud-in-the-hospital.htm
2 Nov 2022
Moving on from readmissions
Some experts are saying it's time for hospitals and payers to shift their focus from preventing readmissions to pursuing other quality objectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/moving-on-from-readmissions.htm
26 Oct 2022
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
Talking about heart failure
Patients with heart failure often have a hard time wrapping their heads around it. Hospitalists can do a lot to improve communication and education during hospitalization.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/24/talking-about-heart-failure.htm
24 Aug 2022
Providing clinicians with prognostic data did not affect heart failure care
Readmissions and mortality were not significantly different between hospitalized heart failure patients who received care as usual and those whose records displayed an alert containing predicted risk of one-year mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/17/providing-clinicians-with-prognostic-data-did-not-affect-heart-failure-care.htm
17 Aug 2022