This study explored the independent risk factors for patients giving a less than "top box" score on their Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys in the "doctor communication" domain (DCD). After adjusting for age, gender, length of stay, receiving a postdischarge phone call (PC), new medication during hospitalization, highest education level, language spoken at home, and zip code, results from 803 HCAHPS surveys (from January 1 to December 31, 2023) revealed that not receiving a PC was associated with a more than doubling of the odds that a patient would give less than a "top box" score for the DCD (overall adjusted odds ratio of 2.22; 95% confidence interval: 1.77-2.78) and a nearly doubling the actual probability of doing so (34.3% less than "top box" score if no PC, 17.9% less than "top box" score if PC). These findings support the potential value of a post-discharge patient PC.
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Am J Med Qual
March 2025
Department of Medicine, RWJBarnabas Health, Jersey City Medical Center, NJ.
This study explored the independent risk factors for patients giving a less than "top box" score on their Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys in the "doctor communication" domain (DCD). After adjusting for age, gender, length of stay, receiving a postdischarge phone call (PC), new medication during hospitalization, highest education level, language spoken at home, and zip code, results from 803 HCAHPS surveys (from January 1 to December 31, 2023) revealed that not receiving a PC was associated with a more than doubling of the odds that a patient would give less than a "top box" score for the DCD (overall adjusted odds ratio of 2.22; 95% confidence interval: 1.
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March 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Background: Initial studies of patient- and family-centered rounds (PFCR) in pediatrics used parental interest in participating as the primary outcome. There are mixed results of family satisfaction with the process when compared with standard rounding. To date, there are limited data examining hybrid models of rounding and communication.
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March 2025
Division of Hospital Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Objectives: Pediatric hospitalists have increasingly been relied on to care for hospitalized patients. While hospitalist care models have shown many benefits, studies examining the transition from subspecialist to hospitalist-led teams are lacking. This study aimed to monitor the impact of transitioning an inpatient pediatric neurology service to a hospitalist model on several key outcome measures, with the hypothesis that these measures would be unaffected by the transition.
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Objectives: Develop adjustments for new Web-first survey protocols and planned admissions to facilitate comparisons across hospitals.
Healthcare (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Physical Therapy, Sun Moon University, Asan 31460, Republic of Korea.
Although there are studies on TV viewing and the health status of elderly, they do not present direct associations with specific variables. The aim of this study was to determine correlations between TV viewing variables and elderly health variables in older adults living alone. Data were collected from 50 elderly individuals with an average age of 82.
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