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How Collaborative, Value-based Care Oncology Solutions Can Improve Patient Outcomes

Healthcare Leadership Council

Wofford, MBA , of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island, the panel explored collaborative value-based payment initiatives for oncology treatments. million people in a really small geography, and that high density makes us a great test bed for different innovative approaches. Rhode Island is unique.

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NCLEX to Be Changed as Fail Rates Climb

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Experts estimate that about 20% of those who graduate from nursing school aren’t passing the test, which means they won’t be able to enter the nursing profession. This can be done by scaling existing solutions, working collaboratively and being prepared to learn from each other.” The pass rate fell from 88.2% in 2019 to 82.5%

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ED Nurses on How to Ask Tough Questions When Someone’s Life is on the Line

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They underwent various diagnostic tests, all of which came back negative. “I reached out to a physician and asked if he would order a carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning test,” she explains. The staff ran another test on the patient, which showed dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in their bloodstream.

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Friday Reflection 28: Four of the Things Patients Have Taught Me

Sensible Medicine

We read about diseases and their associated diagnostic tests and treatments. Clinical findings and blood tests hint at the diagnosis, but the only truly confirmatory test is a biopsy of the temporal artery – a small procedure but a procedure all the same. Diagnostic tests give you more than just a diagnosis.

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From Evolution to Innovation, from Health Care to Health: How Health Plans With Collaborators Are Re-Defining the Industry

Health Populi

Consider the following market developments and collaborations that are addressing health access, bolstering value-based models, streamlining and re-imagining service delivery. Walmart launched a ten-year collaboration with Optum in late 2022. These trends began to take hold in the U.S. Expanding value-based care, nationally.

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Friday Reflection #40: Power

Sensible Medicine

For me, what makes medicine a wonderful job is that our priority is to work collaboratively for someone else's benefit. Carotid dopplers are often done even though the test is definitively unnecessary in almost all cases. There is no financial incentive for doing another test or procedure or making another referral.

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The vital role of patient feedback in enhancing quality of care 

Health Prime

Patient feedback mechanisms through surveys, focus groups, or online reviews provide opportunities for productive dialogue and collaboration between patients and providers. This nurtures a culture of transparency, accountability, and respect for each other, thus setting the ground for good relationships between patients and providers.