Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Deliberate practice during internship is probably even more important today than it was in the days before duty hour restrictions and admission caps. Remind yourself why the patient is in the hospital every day. Whatever else goes on in the hospital, this is a problem that needs to be addressed, if not solved, prior to discharge.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown. How did it come to be?

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For almost 40 years as the Director of Nursing for Throughput Operations at Montefiore Health System in New York, Elodia Mercier, RNC, MS, has been advancing patient care and creating and defining new roles for fellow nurses and other providers. Over 27 months, Montefiore’s Discharge Lounge received more than 678 patients per month.

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

For this section of our Med School Admissions: What You Need to Know To Get Accepted series, I’ll provide a brief rundown of what happens after you graduate from medical school. Phase 2: USMLE Step 3 Generally taken at the end of the internship year, Step 3 assesses your grasp of clinical concepts relevant to patient care.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

Virtual nurses may work from behind computer screens, but their impact is felt throughout healthcare as their expertise is increasingly integrated into patient care and nursing workflows. They now support clinical teams throughout the patient care continuum to help ease the overwhelming demands and address serious healthcare issues.

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Accepted Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Having worked in admissions for over two decades, I have read thousands of activity descriptions for medical school and related healthcare fields. Other applicants fill out only a few of their activity descriptions, leaving the admissions committees to wonder what they did with the rest of their time. Applying to Medical School?

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

ADT ADT (Admit, Discharge, and Transfer) is the most common and widely used HL7 message types because it offers information for events such as patient registrations, admissions, updates, cancellations, patient data merges, discharges, and much more. Get in touch with us here for a free consultation on your idea.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 10, 2024

These revisions include: Removal of time ranges from office or other outpatient visit codes (99202-99205, 99212-99215) and the alignment of the format with other E/M codes A definition to determine the “substantive portion” of a split/shared E/M visit in which a physician and a non-physician practitioner work jointly to furnish all the work related (..)

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Ciox

JULY 20, 2023

Researchers Enhance Predictive Analytics with SDOH Data Big data in healthcare has the power to transform patient care and patient outcomes. Predictive analytics can also be used to optimize care management and resource allocation.

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CareerStep

MAY 27, 2024

Job duties of an institutional pharmacy technician Some job duties unique to a hospital pharmacy technician include: Filling medication orders (as opposed to prescriptions) Routinely preparing 24–72 hour supplies of patient medications in a form appropriate for a single administration to a patient (as opposed to a 30 or 90 day supply) Prepackaging (..)

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

Acute Care Acute care EMR software is largely used in hospitals and other inpatient care facilities. It supports inpatient care needs such as real-time tracking of patient information, patient admission and discharge, and management of complex medical data.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It is especially important for patients with complex or chronic conditions, multiple comorbidities, or transitions of care. ” The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) recognizes care coordination as a core competency for nurses and offers a certification for care coordination and transition management.

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Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

Following another stint in the Intensive Care Unit, I had been moved to a Frailty Ward, given it was the only available bed in the entirety of the hospital, where, for those next 2 months, I remained under the care of a Geriatrics Team, and surrounded by neighbouring patients, all of whom were at least 60 years senior to me.

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Southern Careers Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They are skilled professionals who assist healthcare providers in delivering quality patient care. While they wear many hats, their primary goal is to ensure that medical practices run efficiently, and patients receive the care they need. So, let’s embark on this healthcare journey together.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

Amidst bullish forecasts for the promise of hospital-to-home discharges, the ability for many patients to make this migration would be a difficult bridge to cross. Earlier this year, McKinsey addressed how “Care at Home” ecosystems can reshape the way health systems — and people — envision patient care.

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We Care Online

JANUARY 15, 2025

Common tasks include: Managing patient records. Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Though HUCs do not provide direct patient care, their role is crucial to help maintain an orderly and efficient process. Patient care coordination. Arranging appointments for tests and procedures.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

JANUARY 24, 2025

discharge summary) Excluded clinical information : Lab and ECG result delivery are expected to be added to this optimization later in 2025. Appointment/scheduling and referral notifications from Connect Care are not impacted. EMR eNotifications for patient admissions/visits are not impacted. Community DI (e.g.,

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