Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Decreasing inpatient admission volumes, shifts in the re-imbursement mix from higher-margin commercial payers to lower-margin public payers, and pressures resulting from value-based care have been solid trends during the past several years. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

hospitals and why I’ve titled this post, “outpatient is the new inpatient,” a future paradigm for U.S. This realization is informed by data in a new report from Deloitte, Where have the many hospital inpatient gone? Our ability to create that network outside the hospital is huge.”

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. Even if that patient did not survive her hospital stay.

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Hospital Insurance Discharges Admissions 148

Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

Patients would not be repeat offenders (admissions). CT/X-ray/ultrasound machines would only be across the hall, not on the other side of the hospital. Here’s what I would have in my perfect nursing world : I’d never get pulled to work in another unit. Staffing would never be lacking. Patient families would be amicable.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. declines in expected inpatient volume and 34.5%

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well. Think of your documentation as the ironclad defense for your hospital admissions.

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Documentation Admissions Discharges Billing 130

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 30, 2024

Nearby unattacked hospitals were affected too, suggesting the consequences from a ransomware attack reach beyond targeted facilities, according to a JAMA study.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Trinity Health announced it will introduce virtual nursing at its hospitals in Michigan and Ardent Health Services plans to do the same in New Mexico. It can also reduce the workload at the bedside by having remote nurses do admissions, discharges, and answer questions virtually. But not everyone agrees on the merits of this approach.

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Discharges Transfers Hospital Patient Satisfaction 238

Medical Economics

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Patients hospitalized by physicians with higher admission rates are likelier to be discharged within 24 hours but no less likely to die.

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Admissions Discharges Hospital 59

Medical Economics

MAY 22, 2024

Mount Sinai study finds AI can predict hospital admissions in emergency departments

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Scrubs

AUGUST 27, 2023

The National Health Service has been criticized for not paying healthcare workers enough for their time, and now some providers are skipping meals just to make sure they have enough money to feed and clothe their children, according to a survey involving several hospital administrators.

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Billing Hospital Discharges Admissions 246

Emerging RN Leader

JANUARY 14, 2024

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A CNO recently asked me why no one is talking about the high volumes and serious admission delays we are seeing in hospitals nationwide.

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Admissions Hospital 147

EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In case you aren’t familiar, the Two-Midnight Rule mandates that a patient’s hospital stay must span at least two midnights to qualify for inpatient status, directly influencing reimbursement rates and compliance requirements. In the MA Final Rule, however, CMS explicitly states that the two-midnight presumption does not apply to MA plans.

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Documentation Admissions Hospital Discharges 130

EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

These measures play a fundamental role in hospital management, financial planning, and patient care optimization. By understanding and leveraging GMLOS and ALOS, hospital executives can improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. It is the simplest and most commonly used metric for evaluating patient stays.

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Discharges Admissions Patient Satisfaction Hospital 130

Electronic Health Reporter

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The article Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s Predictive Model Helps Prevent In-Hospital Adverse Drug Events appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Hospital Admissions 79

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

He was firm but fair and throughout all my illnesses, dizzy spells, and hospital admissions, he had my back.” I took the telling off and said sorry (the night before, I went to see my mother in a chapel of rest so I didn’t sleep at all) I didn’t explain this to my supervisor though. So unprofessional.”

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Admissions Medication Patient Care Hospital 246

Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2018

Beyond strong medicines, a new financial toxicity has emerged for patients due to hospital inpatient admissions. The “measurement” named in the title is graphed here as the proportion of people who filed for bankruptcy relative to years before or after hospitalization.

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Hospital Admissions Insurance Billing 67

Medical Economics

JANUARY 21, 2025

The newly approved TriVerity combines a single-use test cartridge and the Myrna instrument to deliver results at the point of care, informing decisions related to antimicrobial therapy, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and guide patient disposition.

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Tests Admissions Hospital 102

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a result of these experiences, I launched my organization Project Diversify Medicine, a digital community on Instagram with over 60,000 followers, with a mission to provide culturally inclusive pre-med educational resources to increase the admission of minorities to medical school.

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Medication Admissions Follow-Up Insurance 276

The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

By JEFF GOLDSMITH In late June, 2024, two economists, Zarek Brot-Goldberg and Zack Cooper, from the University of Chicago and Yale respectively, released an economic analysis arguing that hospital mergers damage local economies and result in an increase in deaths by suicide and drug overdoses in the markets where mergers occur.

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Hospital Insurance Admissions Acute Care 83

Accepted Blog

JANUARY 7, 2025

Show Summary Welcome to the 600th episode of Admissions Straight Talk ! Show Notes Welcome to the 600th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s free guide, Med School Admissions, What You Need to Know to Get Accepted can tell you exactly what you need to do. Dr. Schmude, welcome back to Admission Straight Talk.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If applicants are more impressive on paper, but no more impressive in the clinics and hospitals, aren’t we doing something wrong? To some extent, I think this is mostly what we already do in admission/selection committees. [ii] Right now, we mostly beg people to squeeze admissions work into their already ridiculously busy lives.

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Admissions Follow-Up Customer Service Tests 121

Scrubs

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Another study revealed that nurses wearing unconventional attire, such as colorful scrubs reduced anxiety among children in a hospital setting. In fast-paced, high-stress environments like hospitals, it’s vital that other healthcare professionals and patients are able to easily identify who’s who.

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Hospital Admissions Documentation Insurance 147

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Trial STRONG-HF studied two treatment strategies after a patient was discharged from the hospital after treatment for heart failure. The primary endpoint (of hospital readmission for HF or death) occurred in 15.2% One group gets extra attention in the hospital than 4 extra visits in the first 6 weeks with a cardiologist.

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Discharges Follow-Up Admissions Hospital 116

Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Show Summary Dr. Linton Yee, Associate Dean for Admissions at Duke University School of Medicine joins us to discuss how applicants can earn a spot in this highly competitive program. Show Notes Welcome to the 593rd episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s Med School Admissions quiz can give you a quick reality check.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” health system.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2020

For example, the organization’s Togetherness Program targeted the loneliness that can be part of older people aging at home; through social workers’ and volunteers’ outreach by telephone and in-person visits, CareMore members had lower emergency room utilization and fewer hospital admissions.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 22, 2024

And from an admissions perspective, it’s essential that applicants from these groups consider how to best present themselves in their medical school applications. Self-identifying is the easiest way to let admissions committees know that you are part of an underrepresented ethnic or racial group, but it’s not the only way.

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Admissions Medication Follow-Up Scheduling 97

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

She came to the hospital with three days of weakness, fever, chills, and anorexia. That night introduced me to the smell of melena — a smell that I now can recognize even rooms away on a hospital floor, and which also takes me back to that New York Hospital operating room in 1991.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 25, 2019

The need for hospitals and physicians to recognize and react to patients showing early signs and symptoms of clinical deterioration has resulted in the creation of a rapid response system (RRS). Patient deterioration prior to adverse events including cardiac arrest and ICU admission has been reported with hemodynamic […].

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

If you are more of a kinesthetic learner, then time spent on hospital rounds will be a great way to reinforce concepts. Your teachers include attendings, residents, nurses, hospital techs, and of course, the patients themselves. Hospital rounds You will find yourself on the hospital wards, making rounds and seeing patients.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Patients may develop a disease that requires admission to the hospital, mostly because of lung problems, such as the need for oxygen. Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. The disease might affect other organs—either directly or indirectly.

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Discharges Admissions Hospital Collaboration 109

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

JULY 12, 2024

Case Facts Dr P was a pulmonologist who had a practice and was affiliated with a large hospital. Mr C’s primary care physician had Mr C admitted to the hospital where Dr P practiced. After admission to the hospital, Mr C was treated with antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia.

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Admissions Hospital Transfers Medication 98

We Care Online

JANUARY 15, 2025

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

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

Carefully assessing on admission. Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will not reimburse healthcare organizations for costs associated with hospital- or facility-acquired pressure injuries, appropriate assessment at the time of admission is vital. Keeping accurate documentation. Costly Pressure Injuries.

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The Healthcare Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

the goal is to improve the kids’ and parents’ experience and of course save money on emergency admissions, and hospital admissions. They provide telehealth and on the ground services (like EMTs) that supplement typical pediatrics offices. And hopefully do it for less money.

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Admissions Hospital 57

NHA Now

MAY 13, 2020

Pharmacy technician employers can be grouped into four main categories: community pharmacies (retail pharmacies), specialty pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies and hospital pharmacies. However, the day-to-day tasks of a pharmacy technician in a hospital are unique to that environment. Train new technicians and research pharmacy staff.

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