What are our patients telling us?
Hospitals are increasing their focus on patient satisfaction, including capturing patient feedback through comments.
Sheer Lunacy III
MHO investigates the full moon effect on patients.
Measurement Leads to Improvement
One of the main goals of measuring patient outcomes is to improve patient care by tracking and evaluating how patients do while in treatment. To this end the question arises, do patient outcomes improve over time once a program starts measuring them?
Nursing Hours & Patient Outcomes
The relationship between nursing hours and patient outcomes: Does more staff mean better care? An ideal ratio of nurses to patients is important for inpatient psychiatric units to provide the best care to patients and best working environment for staff. Therefore target staffing ratios are developed for safe-staffing ratios given
Probing ECT
Society is becoming more aware of mental health issues, fighting stigmas that mental illnesses and its treatments bring. ECT is a viable option for many patients. It is important to keep in mind that ECT is often patients’ last hope of relief from severe depression.
Satisfaction: Diagnoses & Severity
Healthcare providers know the demands of treating patients with severe symptoms and the challenge of achieving recognition for providing high quality care for the most severe patients. Our goal is to provide all patients, regardless of acuity, with excellent care. Considering your patients and milieu, how do you ensure
Falls Webinar
A review of the driving factors of falls.
Poor Satisfaction
1 percent of inpatients reported poor satisfaction, an additional 4.5% reported fair satisfaction. What are the Key Drivers?
Full Reflection: Moonlight Diagnoses
The celestial muse to many a bard, our moon inspires volumes of lore and mythology. The full moon governs superstitions ranging from werewolves to hysteria. But what does the data have to say?
