Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

This issue includes information on: Fall Connect Care upgrade and downtime Optimization Training classes in September New Connect Quality project on improving Problem List use, to meet CPSA's Standards of Practice Quality Improvement requirement Enhancement to Admission and Discharge navigators Upcoming Glucometer Overview column in Patient Lists Sorting (..)

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Reminder that a camera icon in a blog post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Automated workflows across your practice, including appointments, and medical test labs, among other things, can drastically reduce the margin of error. Patient Admission & Discharge In a practice workflow structure, approval is needed from an administrator or provider at many steps.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

As the Regional Integration Engine will be down, resulting/messages from systems integrated with Connect Care such as WellSky (Transfusion Medicine) and AegisPOC (Point-of-Care Testing) will be queued and automatically update at the end of the outage.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The nurse in the Medical-Surgical Unit suspects worsening respiratory distress, noticing that Mr. Salzo has become increasingly anxious and is moving about restlessly in bed during the admission assessment. Further diagnostic tests reveal that the mass is a malignant neoplasm. and HgB- 7.2

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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.

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Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

Automated workflows across your practice, including appointments, and medical test labs, among other things, can drastically reduce the margin of error. Patient Admission & Discharge In a practice workflow structure, approval is needed from an administrator or provider at many steps.

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Milwaukee Career College

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Other typical duties include collecting specimens and running diagnostic tests, taking X-rays or various brain scans, managing the admissions and discharge process, taking vitals, and educating patients on proper care procedures.

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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. This could be a request for a diagnostic test or prescription for medication.

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Arkenea

JULY 2, 2024

HL7 promotes data sharing of records, lab reports, test results, etc., CDA The HL7 CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) is an XML-based standard that offers a structure or format for sharing clinical data such as progress notes, discharge summaries, and consultation notes. through clinical applications.

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Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

For those eight weeks, I witnessed more patients slip away right beside me than I’ve ever seen in all my admissions collectively – lying next to a stale blue curtain that was closed around a still body was an uncomfortable thought and presence. Just half an hour later, they would test my blood sugars to find they were 3.2.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Welcome to the 540th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Whether you are applying to a niche, innovative graduate program or more traditional one, the challenge at the heart of admissions is showing that you both fit in at your target schools and are a standout in the applicant pool. To remind you to get certain tests. [4:26]

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In emergency care settings, care coordination can involve immediate care, hospital admission, discharge planning, follow-up care, and post-acute care. Staff assessments should be based on objective and subjective measures, such as competency tests, self-reports, peer reviews, patient feedback, and outcome data.

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Southern Careers Institute

OCTOBER 18, 2023

They may perform tasks such as drawing blood, collecting specimens, and assisting with patient admissions and discharges. They triage patients, assist with diagnostic tests, and help with minor surgical procedures. Medical assistants in urgent care settings play a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive prompt care.

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Setting Sights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Without delving into the clinical details that necessitated my admission, I was kept in, at Hospital A, where it was agreed I’d require urgent stomach surgery to fix the problem. Quite early on in my admission there, one doctor (perhaps somewhat obliviously?) The big catch here was that I had no team. I had nobody looking after me.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

In the midst of growing inpatient admissions and test results for COVID-19, Congress is working as I write this post to finalize a round of legislation to help Americans with the costs-of-living and (hopefully) health care in a national, mandated, clarifying way. Hospital costs could average over $20,000, the report calculated.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 15, 2025

By the time I was discharged, I had lost about 15 lbs of muscle. At its lowest, my hemoglobin reached 3. I received multiple treatments, including Cytoxan and plasmapheresis, and was started on a high dose of prednisone. I could barely step down from the curb to the street.

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We Care Online

JANUARY 15, 2025

Arranging appointments for tests and procedures. Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Health Unit Coordinators perform crucial administrative functions in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities, freeing up medical staff to spend more time with patients. Common tasks include: Managing patient records.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Participation in the Operation of Community-Based Testing Sites During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency. The Notice of Enforcement Discretion covers the operation of these sites and all activities that support the collection of specimens from individuals for COVID-19 testing only.

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