Quality
Quality
Reducing harm: When doing less is enough
With the value conversation well underway, Choosing Wisely is shifting focus to implementation.
News
Safety-net hospitals would be hurt by hospital-wide 30-day readmission penalties
Considering all readmissions within 30 days of discharge in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program would modestly increase the number of...
Quality
Identifying high-value care practices
A high-value care rounding tool could be used to measure the relationship between HVC behaviors and actual patient outcomes.
Quality
Applying Choosing Wisely principles to telemetry and catheter use
The project demonstrated a trend toward less telemetry use, fewer catheters ordered, and more selective utilization of catheters in sicker...
From the Society
Coordinating data collection in a QI project
Conducting a successful quality improvement project requires one to be forward-looking.
Clinical
Improving transitions for elderly patients
A new model for improving patient transitions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities significantly decreased SNF length of stay, readmission...
Practice Management
Scheduling patterns in hospital medicine
Two scheduling patterns are emerging in hospital medicine – smaller programs are utilizing a Monday to Friday schedule and larger programs are...
Quality
Pediatric hospitalists take on the challenge of antibiotic stewardship
While antibiotic stewardship is an issue relevant to nearly all hospitalists, for pediatric patients the considerations can be unique.
Quality
Readmission rates linked to hospital quality measures
Researchers looked at the link between readmission rates and overall hospital risk-adjusted quality measurements.
From the Society
Thinking about the basic science of quality improvement
Standardization can encounter resistance from physicians and other health care providers.