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. Compare these with the top 10 safety concerns for 2025.

Patient Safety 77

Patient Safety Discharges Diagnostics Acute Care 77

Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 24, 2019

Vyne Medical announces an agreement with INTEGRIS Health for implementation of its Trace communication management platform. Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system will implement Trace solutions across the system’s eight acute care hospitals and centralized access center. Illegal copying is prohibited.

Acute Care 79

Acute Care Medication Communication Patient Care 79

Scrubs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Vanessa Patricelli, an orthopedics nurse at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, says , “We tend to put our patients’ needs first before we sit down, go to the bathroom, or grab a bite to eat. A group of nurses at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle did just that recently. Nurses tend to prioritize others’ needs.

Patient Care 246

Patient Care Acute Care Scheduling Patient Safety 246

Scrubs

MAY 5, 2023

She is the only emergency medicine representative to the American Medical Association Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), which makes recommendations to Medicare about evaluation of physician work influencing national physician payments.

Unit Organization and Environment 224

Unit Organization and Environment Patient Advocacy Acute Care Hospital 224

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. Critical, expensive and often life-sustaining medications for high complexity disease states, as well as […].

Acute Care 102

Acute Care Medication 102

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.

Hospital 132

Hospital Acute Care Vital Signs HIPAA 132

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. Ultimately, H-a-H is enabled through the growing Internet of Medical Things, forecasted by S&P in the diagram shown here.

Hospital 118

Hospital Acute Care Medication Patient Experience 118

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A telehealth nurse may staff a patient advice line, perform care coordination functions, or help patients manage their medications and other aspects of their healthcare. Nurses specializing in cardiac, critical care , and other areas may find opportunities for this type of distance nursing.

Acute Care 97

Acute Care Triage Continuing Education Certification 97

Health Populi

AUGUST 3, 2023

While moving health care to the home will involve quite different workflows and disruptions to current general medical practice, it is clear that physicians in the U.S. An aging U.S. Note that this framework has been developed by the AMA, the largest professional organization of doctors.

Acute Care 118

Acute Care Tests Hospital HIPAA 118

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. The article PointClickCare Launches Mobile App For Senior Living: PointClickCare Companion appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

Acute Care 89

Acute Care Documentation Medication 89

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This extended to digital health access, from the WHO’s calling the coronavirus a “pandemic” in March 2020, our homes morphed into our health hubs for fitness, wellness, health and medical care. is inspiring. It’s the story of Americans’ entrepreneurial passions, instincts, and Maker spirits.

Acute Care 174

Acute Care Customer Service Medication 174

Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

The objective of this care improvement initiative is twofold: to elevate the standard of health care while concurrently curbing expenses via improved coordination among providers. Care Guides integrate with medical teams in order to bring urgent health issues forward, ensuring prompt responses when patients need intervention.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Acute Care Discharges Collaboration 52

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.

Hospital 149

Hospital Unit Organization and Environment Acute Care Vital Signs 149

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

It’s an exciting time when an NP can finally strut their stuff and work as the medical providers they’ve trained to become. We find NPs in acute care, family practice, cardiology , neurology, and all clinical settings.

Bookkeeping 52

Bookkeeping Hospice Acute Care Insurance 52

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Each day, NPs provide comprehensive care to their patients by completing thorough assessments, ordering appropriate diagnostic tests, interpreting the results, and formulating treatment plans based on the findings. NPs are also able to prescribe medications, including controlled substances, in many states.

Acute Care 52

Acute Care Scheduling Diagnostics Certification 52

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.

Admissions 130

Admissions Documentation Outpatient Care Hospital 130

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.

Acute Care 59

Acute Care Medication 59

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 14, 2022

With continuous innovation, research, unparalleled medical advancements, and unsurpassed patient care, Hopkins deserves your attention as a potential employer. The Baylor Scoot & White Medical Center – Temple for Trauma Care. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for Pediatric Care.

Hospital 105

Hospital Acute Care Patient Care Medication 105

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Michaela Lewis, DNP, ARNP, CPNP-AC/PC, PMHS, CPN, CPEN, CNE, CNE-cl,VA-BC, CCRN is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, College of Nursing , and says making a positive difference for the children and families she cares for is so rewarding.

Acute Care 116

Acute Care Certification Hospital Communication 116

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

These are commonly-prescribed generic medications — for women and men, focused on hair loss, sexual health, skin health and oral contraceptives. For acute care, antibiotics aplenty, pain relief, GI, respiratory/cough, corticosteroids among others commonly prescribed in urgent care clinics and visits.

Insurance 118

Insurance Acute Care Billing Follow-Up 118

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 9, 2024

. “They can share their voice and have influence over their practice and their practice care environments.” Of the 14 acute-care Memorial Hermann hospitals eligible for the Magnet Recognition, nine have earned the designation, according to Collins.

Patient Experience 98

Patient Experience Shared Governance Acute Care Hospital 98

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. A similarly sized breach was reported by Oklahoma’s largest emergency medical care provider, Emergency Medical Services Authority.

Business Associate 126

Business Associate HIPAA Hospital Billing 126

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 that regard, nursing education is a pipeline to the future. in 2022, the first decrease in 20 years.

Acute Care 115

Acute Care Hospital Billing Admissions 115

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?

Acute Care 52

Acute Care Continuing Education Teamwork Scheduling 52

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Anticipate Post-Acute Cutover Cutover for post-acute care is a process through which key pieces of information about admitted patients are entered into Connect Care prior to launch. Wound Care orders.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Admissions Long Term Care Follow-Up 40

DropStat

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A CMIO plays a key role in ensuring that a health system leverages the benefits that health informatics offers, that patient workflow is managed in an optimal manner, and that health facilities are utilizing the best and latest developments in medical information technology. The term CMIO stands for Chief Medical Information Officer.

Medication 52

Medication Medical Secretary Patient Care Acute Care 52

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. ” How to make this happen?

Diagnostics 93

Diagnostics Hospital Acute Care Tests 93

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. Reduce readmissions The CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduces payments to acute care facilities with a high 30-day readmission rate. So volume is very important to them.”

Hospital 52

Hospital Acute Care Discharges Patient Satisfaction 52

Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 8 prescribers readying for launch May 4, 2024. Anticipate Post-Acute Cutover Cutover for post-acute care is a process through which key pieces of information about admitted patients are entered into Connect Care prior to launch. Wound Care orders.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Long Term Care Follow-Up Medication 40

Minority Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. As a nurse, I have worked in an acute care setting caring for lung transplant patients. I wear several hats in my current nursing role.

Long Term Care 98

Long Term Care Acute Care Precepting Hospital 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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. Home, Sweet Hospital-At-Home? .

Hospital 62

Hospital Acute Care Collaboration Huddles/Rounds 62

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Outpatient : Make sure that all clinic documentation is complete, signed and routed, while also taking care to close any charts still open in legacy systems. Long-term care (LTC) : Review orders entered into Connect Care for LTC residents to ensure accuracy of medication and non-medication orders.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Long Term Care Documentation Transfers 40

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Nurse practitioners can focus on adult gerontology (AGNP), the entire lifespan (FNP), mental health (PMHNP), pediatrics (PNP), midwifery (CNM), and other specialties, and certain roles can be pursued through educational pathways focused on either acute care or primary care.

Patient Care 119

Patient Care Acute Care Collaboration Patient Satisfaction 119

Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. After being an assistant manager for several years, I realized that the parts of my role I enjoyed most were providing education, mentoring, clinical care, and improving systems.

Certification 98

Certification Follow-Up Acute Care Patient Care 98

DrChrono

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It was recently announced that IntelliH’s turn-key remote patient monitoring solutions are now integrated with the DrChrono medical platform. IntelliH’s RPM solutions proactively manage Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), diabetic and post-acute care patients.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Medication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Outpatient : Make sure that all clinic documentation is complete, signed and routed, while also taking care to close any charts still open in legacy systems. Long-term care (LTC) : Review orders entered into Connect Care for LTC residents to ensure accuracy of medication and non-medication orders.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Long Term Care Documentation Transfers 40

Relias

MARCH 12, 2025

In post-acute care, workforce competency directly impacts care quality, regulatory compliance, and patient outcomes. To ensure that employees are qualified at the time of hire and continue to develop their skills over time, post-acute care organizations must implement effective competency assessments and competency evaluations.

Acute Care 40

Acute Care Long Term Care Patient Safety Patient Satisfaction 40