How Can Hospitals Address Scarce Resources During Covid-19?
Staffing Trends in Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospitals After State Legislation
Pamela de Cordova, Terry Jones, Kathryn A. Riman, Jeannette Rogowski, Matthew McHugh
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Background: Evidence suggests that Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals differ with respect to quality of care.
Purpose: Our study examined registered nurse (RN) staffing over time in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals using unit-level, publicly available data in New Jersey.
Methods: A secondary analysis of longitudinal RN staffing data was conducted using mandated, publicly reported data of 64 hospitals representing 12 nursing specialties across 8 years (2008-2015). Staffing ratios were trended
...Two Dogmas Of Mental Health Policy
[Original post: Isabel M.
Don’t Throw Cold Water On Health Care’s Hot Spotters
[Original post: Shreya Kangovi and David Grande, Don’t Throw Cold Water On Health Care’s Hot Spotters, Health Affairs Blog, February 11,
Disappointing Randomized Controlled Trial Results Show A Way Forward On Complex Care In Camden And Beyond
[Original post: Kathleen Noonan. Disappointing Randomized Controlled Trial Results Show A Way Forward On Complex Care In Camden And Beyond , Health Affairs Blog, January 9, 2020. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200102.864819/full/: Copyright ©2020 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.]
The Value of Teaching Hospitals
One benefit of teaching hospitals is obvious: they train the next generation of clinicians. But that training comes at a cost: teaching hospitals tend to have higher-priced clinical care than other hospitals. In the era of value-based care, the question is whether the additional spending produces better patient outcomes, and if so, whether the clinical benefit is worth the cost.
Quality of End of Life Care in Magnet® and Non-Magnet Hospitals
Karen B. Lasater, Amelia E. Schlak
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Objective: To examine whether end-of-life care quality is superior in Magnet hospitals, a recognition designating nursing excellence.
Background: Considerable research shows better patient outcomes in hospitals with excellent nurse work environments, but end-of-life care quality has not been studied in Magnet hospitals.
Methods: An analysis of cross-sectional data was completed using surveys of nurses and hospitals. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to determine the
...Hospital Financial Incentives to Improve Care After Opioid Overdose
Two patients are treated for opioid overdose at two different hospitals, just a few miles apart. The first hospital provides life-saving treatment to reverse the overdose and watches the patient for an hour, discharging them when deemed “medically stable.” The second hospital also provides life-saving treatment but then offers counseling, medication to prevent recurrent overdose and treat opioid withdrawal, and assistance navigating to outpatient treatment for the next day.
The Relationship Between Hospital and Community Psychiatry: Complements, Not Substitutes?
Isabel M. Perera
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Community-based psychiatric services are essential to mental health. For decades, researchers, advocates, and policy makers have presumed that expanding the supply of these services hinges on reducing the supply of hospital-based care. Cross-national data from the World Health Organization call this presumption into question. Community and hospital psychiatry appear to be complements, not substitutes.
Live Discharge From Hospice Due to Acute Hospitalization: The Role of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics and Race/Ethnicity
David Russell, Elizabeth Luth, Miriam Ryvicker, Kathryn Bowles, Holly Prigerson
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Background: Acute hospitalization is a frequent reason for live discharge from hospice. Although risk factors for live discharge among hospice patients have been well documented, prior research has not examined the role of neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics, or how these characteristics relate to racial/ethnic disparities in hospice outcomes.
Objective: To examine associations between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and risk for live discharge from hospice because of acute hospitalization. The...
Association of a Targeted Population Health Management Intervention with Hospital Admissions and Bed-Days for Medicaid-Enrolled Children
David M. Rubin, Chén C. Kenyon, Douglas Strane, Elizabeth Brooks, Genevieve P. Kanter, Xianqun Luan, Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Roberto Rodriguez, Emily F. Gregory, Leigh Wilson, Annique Hogan, Noelle Stack,...
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Importance: As the proportion of children with Medicaid coverage increases, many pediatric health systems are searching for effective strategies to improve management of this high-risk population and reduce the need for inpatient resources.
Objective: To estimate the association of a targeted population health management intervention for children eligible for Medicaid with changes in monthly hospital admissions and bed-days.
Design, Setting, and Participants: This quality...
Failure to Rescue as an Outcome Metric for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Programs: Analysis of Data From the IMPACT Registry
Michael L. O'Byrne, Kevin F. Kennedy, Natalie Jayaram, Lisa J. Bergersen, Matthew J. Gillespie, Yoav Dori, Jeffrey H. Silber, Steven M. Kawut, Jonathan J. Rome, Andrew C. Glatz
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Background: Risk-adjusted adverse event (AE) rates have been used to measure the quality of pediatric and congenital cardiac catheterization laboratories. In other settings, failure to rescue (FTR) has demonstrated utility as a quality metric.
Methods and Results: A multicenter retrospective cohort study was performed using data from the IMPACT (Improving Adult and Congenital Treatment) Registry between January 2010 and December 2016. A modified FTR metric was developed for pediatric and congenital cardiac
...Patient Experiences With Miscarriage Management in the Emergency and Ambulatory Settings
Carolyn Miller, Andrea Roe, Arden McAllister, Zachary Meisel, Nathanael Koelper, Courtney Schreiber
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Objective: To quantitatively and qualitatively describe the patient experience for clinically stable patients presenting with miscarriage to the emergency department (ED) or ambulatory clinics.
Methods: We present a subanalysis of a mixed-methods study from 2016 on factors that influence miscarriage treatment decision-making among clinically stable patients. Fifty-four patients were evaluated based on location of miscarriage care (ED or ambulatory-only), and novel parameters were assessed including timeline (
...Comparing Rates of Adverse Events and Medical Errors on Inpatient Psychiatric Units at Veterans Health Administration and Community-Based General Hospitals
Sara W. Cullen, Ming Xie, Jentien M. Vermeulen, Steven C. Marcus
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Objective: There is limited knowledge about how general hospitals and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals fare relative to each other on a broad range of inpatient psychiatry-specific patient safety outcomes. This research compares data from 2 large-scale epidemiological studies of adverse events (AEs) and medical errors (MEs) in inpatient psychiatric units, one in VHA hospitals and the other in community-based general hospitals.
Method: Retrospective medical record reviews assessed the prevalence of
...Centers of Excellence: Are There Standards?
Joan Li, Randall C. Burson, Justin T. Clapp, Lee A. Fleisher
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Introduction: Centers of Excellence (CoEs) are intended to label hospitals that have met certain quality, process, volume and infrastructure guidelines. However, there are largely no standardized metrics to designate what qualifies as a CoE, leading to entities across the healthcare spectrum creating their own designations. Empirical studies on the impact of CoEs on quality do not consistently show improved care. Given the variability in definitions and outcomes for CoEs, the study evaluated the current status of defining and using
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