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How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can Influence Healthcare

Relias

Example : Consider the visuals used in marketing or the accessibility of information and services for various populations, such as having patient education materials available in multiple languages. Establish leadership commitment. How and when to use interpreter services. How to address confidentiality concerns.

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Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

Relias

What is care coordination? Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. In emergency care settings, care coordination can involve immediate care, hospital admission, discharge planning, follow-up care, and post-acute care.

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Understanding Transitional Care Management in Reducing Readmissions

Guideway Care

Transitional care management (TCM) plays a critical role in reducing hospital readmissions by ensuring patients receive proper care and support as they transition from the hospital to home. By focusing on follow-up care, medication management, and patient education, TCM addresses the primary factors leading to readmissions.

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“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023

Health Populi

Roughly 2 in 5 healthcare leaders look to technology to connect with out-of-hospital settings, cloud-based tech to support access to information “everywhere,” decision support tech (such as AI in clinical settings), communications, workflow applications, and patient-facing mobile check-in and registration.

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Virtual Nurse Jobs and Telehealth: Help More People in More Places

Relias

Virtual nursing is focused on the role, scope, and practice of nurses, who perform tasks such as triage, assessment, care coordination, medication management, chronic disease management, and patient education. Telehealth can also reduce travel time and costs and increase convenience and comfort for patients.

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

Relias

A heightened awareness empowers nurses to more readily identify conflicting medications or surgical risks that could put a patient in jeopardy. How can nurses promote and advance patient safety? Afraid to speak up, employees may hesitate to disclose a mistake, directly jeopardizing patient safety.