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Using Gemba Walks to Improve Staff Communication

Emerging RN Leader

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Improving communication across departments is often a key concern when discussing conflict areas in leadership programs. With increasing patient volumes, throughput within a facility can be a major pain point in facilitating timely admissions, discharges, and transfers.

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3 Old-School Nursing Methods That Need to Go Away

Scrubs

This led to better management of patients’ pain, and earlier discharge from the ICU. Not Leveraging the Latest Communication Technology In many healthcare settings, outdated communication methods may be getting in nurses’ way when it comes to providing high quality patient care. billion on an annual basis.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Involuntary Nursing Home Discharges/Transfers in Missouri

Healthcare Law Insights blog

In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.” In this case, the resident has the right to appeal the involuntary discharge or transfer. 19 CSR 30-82.050(3).

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The Top Patient Safety Risks in 2025 Are Mostly About the “Human OS” – Reading ECRI’s Annual Report

Health Populi

as more patients get discharged to hospital-for-home and more acute-care workflows that fall on burdened caregivers (that is, family members and friends). Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Many more of these have to do with “technology” and devices (e.g.,

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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

We wait to be discharged. ” If you’re waiting to be discharged from the hospital, what time you’ll be able to leave is anyone’s guess since one hand often doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. We wait to see the provider. We’re stalled in the emergency room waiting area.

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Primary care news round-up (13th February to 19th February 2025)

Practice Index

They describe a patient who found themselves discharged from a service for failing to attend an appointment, in spite of their efforts to reschedule. The survey found that nearly two-thirds of patients reported at least one administration or communication problem while using NHS services.

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BBHR: Integrated Discharge Planning Tool Eases Team Edits

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Building a Better Health Record (BBHR) As part of our documentation quality improvement initiative , we promote practical ways for clinicians to provide clear and actionable communication at transitions of care. Demo: Discharge Readiness Integrated Planner Manual: Transition Planning