Nationally, hospitalists have
become leaders of the patient safety and quality movements.
At Montefiore Medical Center, hospitalists
are firmly committed to patient safety and continuous quality improvement.
- With
respect to patient safety, hospitalists have led efforts to improve the safety
of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), evaluate the effects of bar-code
confirmation during medication administration, and reduce unnecessary radiation
from diagnostic testing.
- With respect to Quality of Care, hospitalists have led
efforts to review telemetry utilization, increase the use of prophylaxis for
thrombo-embolic disease, and develop a discharge care map.