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Organizational Characteristics and Patient Experiences With Hospital Care

American Journal of Medical Quality, 2014
Beginning in fiscal year 2013, scores based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) constitute 30% of incentive-based payments from Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) initiative. Yet there is little empirical work to understand hospital approaches to improving the patient experience.
Matthew, Manary, Richard, Staelin, Keith, Kosel, Kevin A, Schulman, Seth W, Glickman   +4 more
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Patient Experiences With Information in a Hospital Setting

Medical Care, 2003
Patients tend to be critical of poor communication and the provision of information from health professionals. One explanation may be related to organizational aspects characterizing the hospital unit. Studies have indicated quality of contact with nursing staff to be a major determinant of patients' experiences with information.
Marijke, Veenstra, Dag, Hofoss
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Oxcarbazepine: clinical experience with hospitalized psychiatric patients

Bipolar Disorders, 2003
Background: Oxcarbazepine (10‐keto‐carbamazepine) appears to be better tolerated and simpler to use than carbamazepine. It has antimanic effects but, as its potential clinical usefulness and tolerability in broad samples of psychiatric patients remain to be tested, we reviewed both the pharmacology of oxcarbazepine and our early experience with this ...
Franca, Centorrino, Matthew J, Albert, Judith M, Berry, James P, Kelleher, Veronica, Fellman, Gyorgy, Line, Alexia E, Koukopoulos, Jennifer E, Kidwell, Kate V, Fogarty, Ross J, Baldessarini   +9 more
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Exploring the Sleep Experience of Hospitalized Adult Patients

Creative Nursing, 2012
Interruptions in sleep for hospitalized patients have been correlated with decreases in immune function, changes in mental status, and increased stress levels. The purpose of this study was to explore patients ‘perceptions of their sleep experiences during hospitalization.
Todd, Hultman, Amanda Bulette, Coakley, Christine Donahue, Annese, Sharon, Bouvier   +3 more
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Characteristics and experiences of patients with preventable hospital admissions

Social Science & Medicine (1967), 1970
Abstract The extent to which hospitalization might be reduced is an important problem for medicine, which makes the identification of preventable admissions and sources of prevention “failures” a question of practical interest. To the extent that preventable admissions are outcomes which relate to population characteristics and social structure ...
A C, Twaddle, R H, Sweet
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Patients’ experiences in hospital following a liver transplantation

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2011
Scand J Caring Sci; 2012; 26; 169–177Patients’ experiences in hospital following a liver transplantationResearch is scarce regarding patients’ experiences, feelings and thoughts the first 4 weeks after liver transplantation. Most research involving patients with a liver transplant are conducted several months, or even years, after the transplantation ...
Dagfinn, Nåden, Ida Torunn, Bjørk
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Hospital Survey Shows Improvements In Patient Experience

Health Affairs, 2010
Hospitals are improving the inpatient care experience. A government survey that measures patients' experiences with a range of issues from staff responsiveness to hospital cleanliness-the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey-is showing modest but meaningful gains. Using data from the surveys reported in March 2008 and
Marc N, Elliott, William G, Lehrman, Elizabeth H, Goldstein, Laura A, Giordano, Megan K, Beckett, Christopher W, Cohea, Paul D, Cleary   +6 more
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Patient experiences after hospitalizations for elective surgery

The American Journal of Surgery, 2014
Little is known from patients' perspective about the quality of postdischarge care and the causes of rehospitalization after elective surgery.A prospective observational cohort study was conducted.Of 400 patient participants, 374 completed the 30-day follow-up questionnaire (completion rate, 94%).
Keiki, Hinami, Karl Y, Bilimoria, Peter G, Kallas, Yael M, Simons, Nicholas P, Christensen, Mark V, Williams   +5 more
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Evaluating hospital soundscapes to improve patient experience

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017
Patients routinely perceive hospital soundscapes to be poor when rating their experience on HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) surveys administered after discharge. In this study, sound levels within five hospital units were correlated with HCAHPS noise perception survey data. Acoustic metrics including A-weighted
Jay M, Bliefnick, Erica E, Ryherd, Rebecca, Jackson   +2 more
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A Strategic Framework for Improving the Patient Experience in Hospitals

Journal of Healthcare Management, 2017
Hospitals are taking new approaches to satisfy consumers and deliver on customer expectations by enhancing their patients' comprehensive experience. The HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey and value-based purchasing initiatives have tied reimbursement to patient satisfaction scores, bringing patient ...
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