Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Pre-acute care may include preventive screenings, health education, and early intervention programs.

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Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Pre-acute care may include preventive screenings, health education, and early intervention programs.

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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. He has previously worked for hospital systems in Florida and Massachusetts. By Mike Spiros, MALD, MS, APRN, AGACNP-BC, NE-BC Today, I am publishing a guest blog written by a nurse manager.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I felt at the time there was this sort of revolving door in acute care. Yet, every time they would come into the hospital, we would discharge them with the same plan. She originally worked with substance abuse patients as a nurse before getting involved in health policy. “I

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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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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

AUGUST 8, 2023

It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees. PAC training directly impacts the lives of the patient PAC services provide an extra level of assistance for people discharged from acute hospitals.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01

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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

MAY 5, 2023

She also mentors and teaches nurse managers and physician medical directors at the University of Colorado Hospital and Colorado Children’s Hospital when it comes to areas of leadership, operations, safety, and process improvement.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

health care system today: namely, Managing patient violence Inadequate patient handoffs– but in this case, related to patient transport #5 and #9 in the list 10 years later identify care coordination challenges, which continue to mar health care quality in the U.S.

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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. Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

” If you’re waiting to be discharged from the hospital, what time you’ll be able to leave is anyone’s guess since one hand often doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. In an article titled, “ Can Hospitality Cure the Woes of Healthcare?” The current results are the lowest ratings of U.S.

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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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Relias

MARCH 1, 2023

A CarePort report found that more patients prefer to receive post-acute care at home instead of in nursing homes and SNFs. As an SNF operator, one strategy to rebuild occupancy and increase revenues is to partner with a local hospital and become part of its SNF-preferred network. So volume is very important to them.”

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Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

As we start at this fairly nascent moment in the hospital-to-home movement and migration in the U.S., consumers found that only 5% of people had received in-home healthcare in the past year, while 89% of people received care at a doctor’s office or hospital/medical facility, in-person.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

It recalibrates existing medical pathways with an emphasis on practices grounded in scientific evidencethereby rendering patient management not only more effective but also more cost-efficientwhich leads to better outcomes for patients and reduces unnecessary interventions and hospital readmissions.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Home, Sweet Hospital-At-Home? . In our bullish and, on its face, compassionate and cost-rational embrace of the migration of acute care from hospital beds to peoples’ living and bedrooms, there are several guardrails to consider beyond sheer payment and reimbursement calculations.

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EvidenceCare

JANUARY 12, 2024

Social Admission vs. Medical Necessity In healthcare, the term “social admission” signifies instances where patients find themselves admitted to a hospital primarily for non-medical reasons. These can range from the need for custodial care to a desire to avoid personal challenges.

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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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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Not only do they provide comprehensive, holistic care, but they also develop relationships with their patients’ family members, leading to overall better health outcomes. If working in a hospital, you have more input on your schedule, and weekends may or may not be required. Are there other reasons to become an NP?

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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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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

So in today’s Health Populi we turn to a new report, Health Care Disruption 2023 Outlook , part of AHA’s “The Buzz” market scan initiative. The American Hospital Association is taking disruption seriously right here, right now, as the U.S. markets by 2025 and planning for 1,000 by 2027.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

The reason for the exceptionally high number of data breaches was a cyberattack on the rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospital operator Ernest Health. When a health system experiences a breach that affects multiple hospitals, the breach is usually reported as a single breach.

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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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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Of the 14 acute-care Memorial Hermann hospitals eligible for the Magnet Recognition, nine have earned the designation, according to Collins. “This is a strategic investment, not only in the nurses, but in the hospitals themselves, the culture, and the communities they serve.”

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Magnet designation for hospitals emerged in 1990 under the auspices of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a strategy for catalyzing and recognizing the highest possible standards for quality nursing care. Since its inception, Magnet has given ambitious hospitals something concrete to strive for.

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not reimburse healthcare organizations for costs associated with hospital- or facility-acquired pressure injuries, appropriate assessment at the time of admission is vital. Those types of complications from hospital-acquired pressure injuries are linked to almost 60,000 U.S.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health. In communicating about the possibilities to be found in nursing, we can point out that, contrary to what the public and the media might think, not all nurses work in the hospital.

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2023

The fast-growing adoption of telemedicine and remote patient monitoring from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospitals and health systems launching new or expanding existing virtual care programs to accommodate a new reality for work-flow and patient care. hospital and health system leaders in March 2023.

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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. Most hospitals and systems fall within these financial parameters.

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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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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. The bar chart here inventories the comorbidity of behavioral health with physical health care costs.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Lewis, who is a member of the Society of Pediatric Nurses’ Board of Directors , also finds pediatric nursing provides pathways to pursue her professional interests including pediatric hospital medicine, quality improvement, instructional design, and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Early warning scores are another example, which are used in hospitals to predict clinical deterioration based on a patient’s vital signs [2]. Clinician preferences for clinical prediction model design in acute care settings: A case study of early warning score implementation. Journal of Investigative Medicine.

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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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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Long‐term acute care hospitals. Partial hospitalization programs. Short-term acute care hospitals. Critical access hospitals. The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities.

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