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Showing PubMed Articles, all 5 from American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality
Quality of Care for 2 Common Pediatric Conditions Treated by Convenient Care Providers.
Rates of adherence to 2 quality measures, modeled after Heathcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures, were evaluated in a pediatric population in a convenient care (retail medicine) clinic setting. The measures were appropriate testing for children with pharyngitis and appropriate treatment for children with upper-respiratory infection (URI). The convenient care clinic (CCC) achieved a ranking above the HEDIS 90th percentile for the pharyngitis measure and approximately midway between t...
The objective was to determine if a standardized process of care-namely, standardized evidence-based medical orders (SEBMOs)-improves physician compliance with venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. A total of 61 physicians received information about VTE prophylaxis after introduction of an admission SEBMO. Hospitalists received enhanced presentations about SEBMOs and their value in VTE prevention; specialists did not. Data were analyzed for 2 cohorts of 249 at-risk patients: one cohort was admitted with...
Clinical Peer Review Program Self-Evaluation for US Hospitals.
Prior research has shown wide variation in clinical peer review program structure, process, governance, and perceived effectiveness. This study sought to validate the utility of a Peer Review Program Self-Evaluation Tool as a potential guide to physician and hospital leaders seeking greater program value. Data from 330 hospitals show that the total score from the self-evaluation tool is strongly associated with perceived quality impact. Organizational culture also plays a significant role. When controlling...
The objective of this study was to measure the relationship between emergency medicine (EM) specialty training and quality measures in the emergency department (ED). Data were gathered from the 2003-2004 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. The outcome was proportion of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), pneumonia (PNA), and long-bone fracture (LBF) who received recommended therapy. These measures were analyzed with respect to EM residency completion. Compared with EDs with more t...
Unnecessary variation and overuse in care are associated with increased length of stay. Efforts to improve efficiency without physician leadership and buy-in have been unsuccessful. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most frequent admitting diagnosis and is associated with increased hospital length of stay. This performance improvement initiative used Six Sigma methodology to reduce CHF length of stay at a community hospital. Daily rounding, prioritization of CHF patients for left-ventricular (LV) assess...
