Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

Take advantage of the trend As more patients with severe wounds seek care in post-acute care settings, new opportunities present themselves for your organization. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. Developing a solid wound care foundation can benefit your agency in many ways.

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Relias

AUGUST 8, 2023

It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees. Those topics are related to frequent and significant changes in reimbursement, the rising complexity of care required for higher acuity levels, and partnership strategies with acute care providers.

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Emerging RN Leader

AUGUST 6, 2023

Mike Spiros is an APRN currently serving as nurse manager for an acute care unit in Portland, Oregon. By Mike Spiros, MALD, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC, NE-BC Today, I am publishing a guest blog written by a nurse manager. He has previously worked for hospital systems in Florida and Massachusetts.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I felt at the time there was this sort of revolving door in acute care. If patients are having trouble following the latest health recommendations, providers can engage with the community to better understand why these problems persist. Yet, every time they would come into the hospital, we would discharge them with the same plan.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

Epic was the only vendor to see a net increase in acute care market share last year, while Oracle Health saw its largest net hospital loss on record, according to Klas Research.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In some parts of the world, such as Australia and Norway, “in-person at-home acute care has gained signification traction and has been offered in most hospitals for over 15 years,” the authors note.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In my last post, I discussed how our healthcare system is approaching a critical time in which the looming “silver tsunami” will drive baby boomers into hospitals and post acute care facilities in record numbers. Similarly, we will see dramatically increased patient transfers […].

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Scrubs

AUGUST 4, 2023

I was a click away from quitting and withdrawing from my Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program during my second semester. (John Greenleaf Whitter, “Don’t Quit”) It’s confession time. I almost quit graduate nursing school.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 27, 2018

CarePort Health provides post-acute care management solutions for hospitals, payers, ACOs and post-acute providers to better manage patient care across the continuum. Elevator pitch CarePort Health bridges the data gap between acute and post-acute care to help improve patient outcomes.

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Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Included amongst the segments of healthcare such as post-acute care that until recently had been mostly overlooked, specialty pharmacy now is in the spotlight as a key area of healthcare utilization and spend in the U.S. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Eric Sullivan, SVP, Inovalon.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 18, 2019

Brightree announces the results from its survey in post-acute care, revealing a significant gap between what referring providers and health systems want, and what home health and hospice providers are delivering, when it comes to interoperability. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Practice Management Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This article highlights the unique journey of Cynthia Voorhees, an acute care nurse practitioner who transitioned into a dual role as CFO and operations manager for Texas Neuro Spine (TNSPINE), one of San Antonios leading neurosurgery group

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Scrubs

MARCH 8, 2023

The case manager then explained to Rivas and his wife via an interpreter that they would need to send her to the Dominican Republic for care and that they contacted 258 facilities in Pennsylvania but no one agreed to take her in.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Ensuring you have the proper staffing levels in place is critical (#1), but making a commitment to changing the work environment is just as important. A group of nurses at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle did just that recently.

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Scrubs

MAY 5, 2023

Like many of my nursing colleagues, I started out my nursing career in the acute care setting hospital after my baccalaureate program,” Adole said of her journey into philanthropy. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in executive nursing leadership and an MBA degree at Johns Hopkins University.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Outpatient Nursing While a significant portion of the nursing workforce is employed in acute care, plenty of nurses work in other clinical and non-clinical settings. Nurse Educator Many acute care facilities have nurse educators who are experts and specialists in their field.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2020

The convergence of basic needs like hygiene and safety, financial and health security, and living-working-learning-and-cooking-at-home has turbocharged a migration of more acute care delivered at home.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 15, 2019

PointClickCare, the leading cloud-based software vendor for the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) and senior living sectors, announced today the launch of PointClickCare Companion. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

However, that’s hardly a recipe for a nation’s health equity and inclusion, which underpin risks for more acute care, later diagnoses, and poor prognoses for health outcomes. It’s the story of Americans’ entrepreneurial passions, instincts, and Maker spirits.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2023

Our study examined results of a survey of both acute care and behavioral health team members who worked with pregnant and post-pregnant patients. We received nearly 800 responses from clinicians and caregivers, both in acute and behavioral health, about their peripartum depression (PPD) screening and care practices.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

.” The H-a-H Framework is illustrated here, with the patient’s home environment is positioned at the center of the circle which identifies various care services including: Ambulatory care, covering primary care, chronic care, specialty care, mental and behavioral health, oncology-at-home, dialysis, infusion On-demand and urgent care, which (..)

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Emerging RN Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As we approach the end of 2024, the trending topics that nurse leaders are talking about right now include the following: The work of nurses, especially in acute care environments, is increasingly complex due to higher patient acuity, sustained patient volumes, and documentation requirements to achieve full […] (..)

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 24, 2019

Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system will implement Trace solutions across the system’s eight acute care hospitals and centralized access center. The Trace platform encompasses voice recording, electronic faxing and image capture to automate and manage communication surrounding patient care. […].

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Hospital readmissions continue to be frequent despite their negative impact on health outcomes and financial strain on the health care system overall. percent of patients across the nation who have been discharged from a hospital, whether to a post-acute care facility or a home, will be readmitted for unforeseen circumstances.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Workplace violence in healthcare settings, especially in acute care environments, is a pressing issue. In the high-stress world of acute care, where emotions can run high, issues can quickly escalate. Active bystanders can play a vital role in diffusing tense situations before they escalate into violence.

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Relias

JANUARY 19, 2024

Managing hundreds of regulations that inform your post-acute care organization’s compliance requirements is complex. This integration helps embed compliance into the organizational culture, minimizing the risk of non-compliance and supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centric care.

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We Care Online

DECEMBER 30, 2024

These positions require a higher level of education, typically a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and focus on specialized areas of care, such as family practice, mental health, or acute care.

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Emerging RN Leader

JULY 21, 2024

Some of these include the following: Higher turnover on core teams in acute care environments, particularly among younger staff members. […] The post From Me to We appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader. It is a question that managers ask more frequently today.

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Medical Economics

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The ECRI report discusses various topics emerging in health care technology, identifying hazards in home care and acute care settings, information security applications, and the medical device supply chain.

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Guideway Care

JUNE 16, 2024

Such collaboration reduces redundancies and ensures that each patient receives the right care at the right time. Optimize Post-Acute Care Post-acute care is a significant component of the total episode of care in BPCI-A.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

APRIL 25, 2022

The Acute Care Hospital at Home model (ACHAH) provides traditional hospital inpatient acute-level services at home. The ACHAH model appears to be a feasible alternative to traditional inpatient acute care that can improve quality of care and patient satisfaction.

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

As proposed, acute care organizations selected to participate will have the option to opt into emissions reporting, opening the door to receive feedback and technical assistance.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That said, there are multiple roads a nurse can choose as an APRN , including: Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Acute Care Pediatric (..)

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

“Perfecting your onboarding strategy will pay dividends for years to come with employee retention, career pathing, and employee satisfaction,” said Vince Baiera, BSN, Post-Acute Care Partner at Relias. These managers also emphasize improving care quality, competency skills, and staff retention strategies through enhanced training.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In one section of the report, McKinsey focuses on the behavioral health impacts of the pandemic, noting the costs of these are additive to the physical an acute care effects of COVID-19. Data indicate greater rates of binge drinking and insomnia, for example.

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Relias

JANUARY 9, 2024

Front-line staff in post-acute care settings are constantly on the go — from room to room in a skilled nursing facility or from home to home, caring for people with various needs. How can you use microlearning in post-acute care?

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