Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If you want to know how much of BU medical school’s recent $100 million gift it intends to use for scholarships, or what happens to applications to ensure a genuinely holistic process, or what its associate dean of admissions wants to see in students read on! Welcome to the 541st episode of Admissions Straight Talk.

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Admissions Medication Follow-Up Hospital 52

Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

What I am sharing in this blog takes on an alternative approach to my usual form of writing, for this is a particularly raw, personal account and summary of what I have experienced in the last fourteen months of my hospital admission, and more specifically, how it has largely impacted my mental health.

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Admissions Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Hospital 52

Ciox

JULY 20, 2023

By identifying patients with complex needs or those at risk for re-admission, healthcare providers can focus their efforts on high-risk patients, improving care coordination and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. Predictive analytics can also be used to optimize care management and resource allocation.

Discharges 52

Discharges HIPAA Admissions Medical Assistant 52

Walker Info - Patient Experience

APRIL 4, 2022

At each stage – at admissions, navigating multiple elevators, in the emergency room or a double-occupancy patient room – they listened to a recording of actual patients or family members describing what they experienced in that location. Each went through one of four customer journeys.

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Follow-Up Communication Best Practices Admissions 52

The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

However, when a patient leaves the hospital sooner, it opens up a bed sooner that can be filled with a new patient (especially when it’s a busy hospital like this that is often operating at capacity), so this intervention actually increased the number of admissions this hospital could accept.

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Discharges Hospital Collaboration Admissions 76

Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

In the healthcare industry, regulations and best practices are always changing. The best way to protect your organization is to monitor your compliance risks proactively. Regular compliance audits help organizations provide the most efficient, effective patient care. But they can also be a source of stress and frustration.

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Hospital Documentation Billing Insurance 52

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The purpose of the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill was to encourage healthcare organizations to adopt recognized cybersecurity practices to improve their defenses against cyberattacks. The bill also requires the HHS to decrease the length and extent of any audits in response to those breaches if industry security best practices have been implemented.

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HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Transfers 126