Hospitalists linked to quality of care, study says
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, August 11, 2009
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The healthcare community has long been questioning the value of hospitalists—do hospitalists really improve quality of care? A new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard University says yes.
The study, “Hospitalists and the Quality of Care in Hospitals,” published in the August issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, linked data from the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA) with data from the American Hospital Association, regarding three measures: acute myocardial infarction (AMI), congestive heart failure, and pneumonia. Researchers found that hospitals with hospitalists—usually nonprofit, large, teaching facilities—performed better than hospitals without hospitalists.
“Hospitals with hospitalists were associated with better performance on HQA indicators for AMI, pneumonia, and the domains of overall disease treatment and diagnosis, as well as counseling and prevention,” states the study.
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