Patient Mortality During Unannounced Accreditation Surveys at US Hospitals

An empirical test of accreditation patient journey surveys: randomized trial.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of utilizing the patient journey survey (PJS) method in healthcare accreditation processes. DESIGN Randomized trial of the PJS method in parallel with the current accreditation survey (CAS) method of the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS). SETTING Acute healthcare organizations in Australia. PARTICIPANTS Seventeen organizations, 28 or...

Variation in pediatric care at US hospitals.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released information regarding the amount hospitals charge for various treatments and conditions as part of the Obama administration’s effort to make our health care system more accountable and affordable. These data demonstrate wide variation in charges among institutions for the care of common inpatient conditions; differences that canno...

Will you be ready for JCAHO's unannounced surveys in 2006?

Exploring the Relationship between Accreditation and Patient Satisfaction – The Case of Selected Lebanese Hospitals

Background Patient satisfaction is one of the vital attributes to consider when evaluating the impact of accreditation systems. This study aimed to explore the impact of the national accreditation system in Lebanon on patient satisfaction.   Methods An explanatory cross-sectional study of six hospitals in Lebanon. Patient satisfaction was measured using the SERVQUAL tool assessing five dimensio...

Association Between Teaching Status and Mortality in US Hospitals.

Importance Few studies have analyzed contemporary data on outcomes at US teaching hospitals vs nonteaching hospitals. Objective To examine risk-adjusted outcomes for patients admitted to teaching vs nonteaching hospitals across a broad range of medical and surgical conditions. Design, Setting, and Participants Use of national Medicare data to compare mortality rates in US teaching and nonte...