Meeting
Abstract Number: 7
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) publicly report patient experience star ratings for hospitals generated from their performance on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Provider and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. The objective was to make the information more understandable for patients. However, the ratings may not be intuitive or help consumer choice. For […]
Abstract Number: 397
SHM Converge 2023
Background: 22% of the hospitals overall STAR rating is based on readmission reduction for the following disease specific groups: pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Creating strategies surrounding prevention of readmissions that create workload balance leads to improved ability to manage these patients. The hospitalist medicine, emergency medicine, pulmonary, […]