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SAN DIEGO – Hospitals that employed more hospitalists had modestly higher patient satisfaction scores in an analysis of 2009 Medicare data for 135,722 patients at 2,843 hospitals. Patient satisfaction scores came from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System, a 27-item... »
Act by June 30 to Avoid E-Prescribing Penalties
So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health information technology. Come June 30, it will start using one of its first "sticks." Physicians have until June 30 to report on the use of electronic prescribing under... »
FDA's New Drug Approvals Outpace Canada, Europe
The Food and Drug Administration reviewed new drug applications significantly faster, and approved more new drugs first, than did its European and Canadian counterparts between 2001 and 2010. These and other findings of practices at the three agencies raise question about whether speeding the... »
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Patient Satisfaction Slightly Higher With Hospitalists
SAN DIEGO – Hospitals that employed more hospitalists had modestly higher patient satisfaction scores in an analysis of 2009 Medicare data for 135,722 patients at 2,843 hospitals. Patient satisfaction scores came from the... »
Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
A Handoff Effect? Lower Hospitalist Continuity Increases Costs
SAN DIEGO – Less continuity of inpatient care by hospitalists significantly increased costs but didn’t increase readmissions in an analysis of 11,234 hospitalizations at one academic medical center. In fact, lower... »
SAN DIEGO – Hospitals that employed more hospitalists had modestly higher patient satisfaction scores in an analysis of 2009 Medicare data for 135,722 patients at 2,843 hospitals. Patient satisfaction scores came from the... »
Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
A Handoff Effect? Lower Hospitalist Continuity Increases Costs
SAN DIEGO – Less continuity of inpatient care by hospitalists significantly increased costs but didn’t increase readmissions in an analysis of 11,234 hospitalizations at one academic medical center. In fact, lower... »
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Patient Satisfaction Slightly Higher With Hospitalists
SAN DIEGO – Hospitals that employed more hospitalists had modestly higher patient satisfaction scores in an analysis of 2009 Medicare data for 135,722 patients at 2,843 hospitals. Patient satisfaction scores came from the... »
Act by June 30 to Avoid E-Prescribing Penalties
So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health information technology. Come June 30, it will start using one of its first "sticks." Physicians... »
FDA's New Drug Approvals Outpace Canada, Europe
The Food and Drug Administration reviewed new drug applications significantly faster, and approved more new drugs first, than did its European and Canadian counterparts between 2001 and 2010. These and other findings of... »
SAN DIEGO – Hospitals that employed more hospitalists had modestly higher patient satisfaction scores in an analysis of 2009 Medicare data for 135,722 patients at 2,843 hospitals. Patient satisfaction scores came from the... »
Act by June 30 to Avoid E-Prescribing Penalties
So far, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has touted the "carrots" associated with the use of health information technology. Come June 30, it will start using one of its first "sticks." Physicians... »
FDA's New Drug Approvals Outpace Canada, Europe
The Food and Drug Administration reviewed new drug applications significantly faster, and approved more new drugs first, than did its European and Canadian counterparts between 2001 and 2010. These and other findings of... »
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Short Psychiatric Hospitalizations Linked to Higher Readmissions
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Problematic Physician Behavior Can Be Cured
MIAMI BEACH – You get along with most of your colleagues in the hospital, but there is that one physician who doesn’t follow the rules, disrupts everyone’s workday, and ramps up the tension when they walk onto the ward.... »
Beyond Cash: Using Rewards to Motivate Physicians
SAN DIEGO – Cash is king, but it’s probably not the best way to make physicians feel appreciated. A flat-screen TV, a vacation, or a chance to take a professional development course, on the other hand, are all good ways for... »
PHILADELPHIA – Putting a uniform, brief cap on the number of days that psychiatric patients can remain hospitalized might have the unintended consequence of significantly boosting the rate of short-term hospital... »
Problematic Physician Behavior Can Be Cured
MIAMI BEACH – You get along with most of your colleagues in the hospital, but there is that one physician who doesn’t follow the rules, disrupts everyone’s workday, and ramps up the tension when they walk onto the ward.... »
Beyond Cash: Using Rewards to Motivate Physicians
SAN DIEGO – Cash is king, but it’s probably not the best way to make physicians feel appreciated. A flat-screen TV, a vacation, or a chance to take a professional development course, on the other hand, are all good ways for... »
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Measuring Up in Patient Satisfaction
Health care in America has changed radically over the past few decades, and will continue to re-create itself over and over again in the foreseeable future. When I was a little girl, I remember helping my father, a general... »
Reflections of an Innovation Adviser
I recently attended the second live learning session of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Innovation Advisors Program. I joined 72 other advisors in this first cohort, who were selected from a pool of... »
Leaders: Research Pioneer Shines Light on Quality Improvement
Dr. Peter K. Lindenauer is used to making headlines with his research on hospital quality of care. Dr. Lindenauer, who directs the Center for Quality of Care Research at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., led the... »
Health care in America has changed radically over the past few decades, and will continue to re-create itself over and over again in the foreseeable future. When I was a little girl, I remember helping my father, a general... »
Reflections of an Innovation Adviser
I recently attended the second live learning session of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Innovation Advisors Program. I joined 72 other advisors in this first cohort, who were selected from a pool of... »
Leaders: Research Pioneer Shines Light on Quality Improvement Dr. Peter K. Lindenauer is used to making headlines with his research on hospital quality of care. Dr. Lindenauer, who directs the Center for Quality of Care Research at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., led the... »
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