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Post-Acute Care Training Promotes Employees as an Asset

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It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees. In addition to staff retention, ongoing staff training has the following potential benefits: Improve staff performance Enhance quality. Boost efficiency. Create problem-solvers.

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Nurse Researcher Wants to Change How Providers Think About Health Literacy

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If patients are having trouble following the latest health recommendations, providers can engage with the community to better understand why these problems persist. I felt at the time there was this sort of revolving door in acute care. has a health literacy problem of its own.

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New Peripartum Depression Study Shows Gap Between Screening and Outcomes

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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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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

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Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments. The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities. Long‐term acute care hospitals.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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Mandated by Medicare’s Conditions of Participation , care coordination is one of the most common citation areas on home health surveys. While the plan of care is always the number one area for citations, care coordination consistently ranks right up there,” said SimiTree Compliance Senior Manager Sheila Salisbury-Sizemore.

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

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They monitor patients’ conditions, administer medication, and convey self-care and discharge information. Because nurses are directly involved with patients on a day-to-day — and often hourly — basis, improving their ability to provide high-quality care is critical to a successful patient safety strategy.

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

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Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care. Discharged to community. TNC measures include the following: TNC Self-Care. TNC Mobility.