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Clinical question: Is there a difference in patient experience on hospitalist teams compared with teaching teams?
Background: Hospitalist-intensive hospitals tend to perform better on patient-satisfaction measures on HCAHPS survey; however, little is known about the difference in patient experience between patients cared for by hospitalist and trainee teams.
Study design: Retrospective cohort analysis.
Setting: University of Chicago Medical Center.
Synopsis: A 30-day post-discharge survey was sent to 14,855 patients cared for by hospitalist and teaching teams, with 57% of teaching and 31% of hospitalist team patients returning fully completed surveys. A higher percentage of hospitalist team patients reported satisfaction with their overall care (73% vs. 67%; P<0.001; regression model odds ratio = 1.33; 95% CI, 1.15–1.47). There was no statistically significant difference in patient satisfaction with the teamwork of their providers, confidence in identifying their provider, or ability to understand the role of their provider.
Other than the inability to mitigate response-selection bias, the main limitation of this study is the single-center setting, which impacts the generalizability of the findings. Hospital-specific factors like different services and structures (hospitalists at their institution care for renal and lung transplant and oncology patients) could influence patients’ perception of their care. More research needs to be done to determine the specific factors that lead to a better patient experience.
Bottom line: At a single academic center, overall patient satisfaction was higher on a hospitalist service compared with teaching teams.
Citation: Wray CM, Flores A, Padula WV, Prochaska MT, Meltzer DO, Arora VM. Measuring patient experiences on hospitalist and teaching services: patient responses to a 30-day postdischarge questionnaire [published online ahead of print September 18, 2015]. J Hosp Med. doi:10.1002/jhm.2485.
Clinical question: Is there a difference in patient experience on hospitalist teams compared with teaching teams?
Background: Hospitalist-intensive hospitals tend to perform better on patient-satisfaction measures on HCAHPS survey; however, little is known about the difference in patient experience between patients cared for by hospitalist and trainee teams.
Study design: Retrospective cohort analysis.
Setting: University of Chicago Medical Center.
Synopsis: A 30-day post-discharge survey was sent to 14,855 patients cared for by hospitalist and teaching teams, with 57% of teaching and 31% of hospitalist team patients returning fully completed surveys. A higher percentage of hospitalist team patients reported satisfaction with their overall care (73% vs. 67%; P<0.001; regression model odds ratio = 1.33; 95% CI, 1.15–1.47). There was no statistically significant difference in patient satisfaction with the teamwork of their providers, confidence in identifying their provider, or ability to understand the role of their provider.
Other than the inability to mitigate response-selection bias, the main limitation of this study is the single-center setting, which impacts the generalizability of the findings. Hospital-specific factors like different services and structures (hospitalists at their institution care for renal and lung transplant and oncology patients) could influence patients’ perception of their care. More research needs to be done to determine the specific factors that lead to a better patient experience.
Bottom line: At a single academic center, overall patient satisfaction was higher on a hospitalist service compared with teaching teams.
Citation: Wray CM, Flores A, Padula WV, Prochaska MT, Meltzer DO, Arora VM. Measuring patient experiences on hospitalist and teaching services: patient responses to a 30-day postdischarge questionnaire [published online ahead of print September 18, 2015]. J Hosp Med. doi:10.1002/jhm.2485.
Clinical question: Is there a difference in patient experience on hospitalist teams compared with teaching teams?
Background: Hospitalist-intensive hospitals tend to perform better on patient-satisfaction measures on HCAHPS survey; however, little is known about the difference in patient experience between patients cared for by hospitalist and trainee teams.
Study design: Retrospective cohort analysis.
Setting: University of Chicago Medical Center.
Synopsis: A 30-day post-discharge survey was sent to 14,855 patients cared for by hospitalist and teaching teams, with 57% of teaching and 31% of hospitalist team patients returning fully completed surveys. A higher percentage of hospitalist team patients reported satisfaction with their overall care (73% vs. 67%; P<0.001; regression model odds ratio = 1.33; 95% CI, 1.15–1.47). There was no statistically significant difference in patient satisfaction with the teamwork of their providers, confidence in identifying their provider, or ability to understand the role of their provider.
Other than the inability to mitigate response-selection bias, the main limitation of this study is the single-center setting, which impacts the generalizability of the findings. Hospital-specific factors like different services and structures (hospitalists at their institution care for renal and lung transplant and oncology patients) could influence patients’ perception of their care. More research needs to be done to determine the specific factors that lead to a better patient experience.
Bottom line: At a single academic center, overall patient satisfaction was higher on a hospitalist service compared with teaching teams.
Citation: Wray CM, Flores A, Padula WV, Prochaska MT, Meltzer DO, Arora VM. Measuring patient experiences on hospitalist and teaching services: patient responses to a 30-day postdischarge questionnaire [published online ahead of print September 18, 2015]. J Hosp Med. doi:10.1002/jhm.2485.
