Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Luciana Luciana’s discharge day was getting close. Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. I still have a job, anyway, so I can save up money to get my own place,” she said between bites. I picked it up.

Discharges 81

Discharges Hospital Follow-Up Admissions 81

Ciox

JULY 20, 2023

By incorporating SDOH data, insights showed the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African American, Hispanic, and low-income populations, including: African Americans and Hispanics make up a larger than expected share of both cases and deaths.

Discharges 52

Discharges Admissions HIPAA Medical Assistant 52

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2023

During my career, I have had the opportunity to learn the details about how to set up a state-of-the-art call center telephony system and how to rapidly transition to a functional remote poison center model with our staff distributed across three states and the District of Columbia in response to the pandemic.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Triage Problem Solving Skills Certification 52

Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As you think about healthcare compared to other services that you receive on a daily basis, we’re just lagging so far behind in terms of how we provide digital services to our patients, to consumers, how we do follow-up, how we provide education. She physically went to my mother’s and was on the appointment.

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Scheduling Huddles/Rounds 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

I knew that none of this was simply just ‘ black or white ‘ Years upon years of flashbacks; graphics, data, unanswered phone calls, rejection letters, fruitless appointments, upturned noses and wasted time, flew through my mind. For God’s sake , get UP !” I paused some more. “I I really don’t know”, I eventually said.

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Hospital Huddles/Rounds 52

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. Patients who reported at least one SDoH concern were less likely to complete a physician follow-up visit post-discharge than patients who reported no SDOH concerns.

Hospital 93

Hospital Discharges Follow-Up Collaboration 93

Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The findings follow a recent warning to practices about the risks of using AI. They found that 29% of AI users are using them to help write reports after patient appointments. In Gloucestershire, more than 10% of appointments follow a wait of four weeks, the Lib Dems revealed. Swedish researchers surveyed GPs.

Huddles/Rounds 52

Huddles/Rounds Appointments Follow-Up Discharges 52

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I’ve tried to stay away from the reflections that end up being part of the “doctor-as-patient” genre. [i] My daughter got out ahead of me and, as we approached the end of our ride, I remember thinking, “these damn kids, you teach them to ride a bicycle, and then they turn 18 and you can’t keep up with them.”

Follow-Up 69

Follow-Up Triage Discharges Scheduling 69

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

After considering the comments and feedback, the HHS then releases a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which is followed by a comment period. The proposed new HIPAA regulations announced by OCR in December 2020 are as follows: Allowing patients to inspect their PHI in person and take notes or photographs of their PHI.

HIPAA 124

HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Transfers 124