Quality
From the Society
Project improves noninvasive IUC alternatives
A UC San Diego medical student’s quality improvement project proves successful.
Quality
Text paging practices need improvement, standardization
Text paging practices need improvement, standardization Clinical question: What is the content and structure of patient care–related text paging...
Quality
Adopting the patient’s perspective
Taking the time to speak with patients not only demonstrates respect but also reduces their worries and discomfort.
Quality
Quick Byte: Take a seat
Sitting down at a patient’s bedside improves some aspects of patients’ and families’ experience of their hospital care.
Quality
Using “design thinking” to improve health care
With design thinking, the innovations come from those who actually work in health care spaces.
Practice Management
New curriculum teaches value-based health care
It is critical that hospitalists understand and embrace the concepts of value, and are able to deliver upon these ideals.
Quality
Using post-acute and long-term care quality report cards
Hospitalists and discharge planners should engage and assist patients, families, and caregivers in the decision making process.
From the Society
Ensuring a smooth data collection process
A quality improvement project provides a med student with an excellent opportunity to improve his clinical skills.
Quality
Putting Choosing Wisely into practice
At Mount Sinai Hospital, Choosing Wisely’s guidelines for hospital medicine inspired Harry Cho, MD, FACP, and his colleagues to work on the rates...
Quality
Reducing harm: When doing less is enough
With the value conversation well underway, Choosing Wisely is shifting focus to implementation.