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The Alarming Trend of Seasoned Nurses Being Laid Off: Profits Over Patient Care? 

Minority Nurse

According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021. Instead, it will increase their financial losses due to increased sentinel events and a decrease in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores due to poor patient outcomes.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

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Tens of thousands of nurses have spoken out, marched, and struck for safer patient care conditions over the last year, sounding a clarion call for action. A 2021 study found that if New York had passed a similar safe staffing law, 4,370 lives would have been saved that year alone.

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How Listing Added Sugars Could Save Lives and Reduce Healthcare Costs

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Regulators announced the new requirement back in 2016, but the deadline to comply was extended to 2020 for larger companies and 2021 for smaller food manufacturers. The FDA now requires large food and beverage manufacturers to list the amount of added sugars in their products on nutrition facts labels.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

Trends In Healthcare Data Breach Statistics Our healthcare data breach statistics clearly show there has been an upward trend in data breaches over the past 14 years, with 2021 seeing more data breaches reported than any other year since records first started being published by OCR. 2021 was a bad year for data breaches with 45.9

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5 signs you should consider a medical billing partner

Health Prime

According to a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat Poll , 69% of healthcare leaders reported their organization’s denials increased in 2021. Limited focus on patient care Balancing medical billing along with patient care responsibilities can overwhelm providers. At Health Prime, we can help!

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Black History Month Physician Spotlight: Victor Ekuta, MD

Doximity

Rather than deterring me, these challenges fueled my commitment to rooting out disparities in healthcare through both patient care and research. physicians and 9% of scientists are Black, contributing to gaps in patient care and research equity. Similarly, only 5.7% How is Doximity helping you? Read my Doximity Op-Meds.

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Telehealth Bolsters Patient Satisfaction (J.D. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO)

Health Populi

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power 2021 U.S. Together, the two reports from J.D. Power has conducted the U.S.