Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

“The care of severe wounds is shifting from acute to post-acute settings,” observed Dr. Michele Carr, RD, DPM, NWCC, COS-c, FAPWCA, Clinical Support Manager at McKesson Medical-Surgical in a recent Relias webinar. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. million people in the U.S.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bookkeeping Hospice Acute Care Insurance 52

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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Acute Care Follow-Up Patient Safety Discharges 98

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.

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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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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.

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Acute Care Medication 59

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.

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Business Associate HIPAA Hospital Billing 126

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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Acute Care Follow-Up Collaboration Insurance 137

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.

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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.

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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.

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

When it comes to minimizing legal risks associated with wound care, the importance of keeping accurate and complete notes is worth repeating. A patient’s medical record serves as a principal foundation for both the defense and plaintiff’s counsel throughout any medical liability litigation process.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2021

We can also expect pharmacies, writ large, to be entering our households not only delivering to the front porch or mailbox, but getting inside for more acute care — think dialysis, medication monitoring and adherence, and marrying food-to-medicine. Power appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Acute Care Patient Experience Medication 109

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.

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

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Here are the Authors’ Bios: Adrian Barnett is a professor of statistics who has worked for over 29 years in health and medical research. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Medical Journal of Australia. This sort of educational content is exactly what we aim for here at Sensible Medicine.

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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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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.

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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.

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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. ” How to make this happen?

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Diagnostics Hospital Acute Care Tests 93

Relias

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Secure equipment and supplies: Ensure that critical medical equipment, data systems, and essential supplies are securely stored and easily accessible in case of emergencies. Collect emergency supplies: Ensure that hospitals have adequate supplies of medications, food, water, and medical equipment that can last through an extended disaster.

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Hospital Triage Communication Patient Safety 52

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.”

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) are the cornerstone of modern healthcare. Their introduction to the healthcare industry has converted paper-based medical records to electronic ones. Reports say that medical errors are one of the leading causes of death, and electronic medical records leave little to no room for documentation errors.

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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.

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