The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

One morning, you wake up to a missed call and a voicemail from your PR leader. Its urgent: one of your employees–who was also a patient and a member of the organization–has unexpectedly died by suicide. You follow up and learn that this wasnt just any employee. Their family is furious. Youre shocked.

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One of the most effective ways to reduce this number is by focusing on patient safety in nursing. For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. What is patient safety in nursing? How do nurses ensure patient safety in the care setting?

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , is the perfect time to review the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. For 2023, its list of patient safety goals for hospitals includes the following: Identify patients correctly.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2023

Elise Valdes, PhD, is the primary author; I am maternal patient safety lead; and my colleague, Rola Aamar, PhD, is one of the leads in behavioral health at Relias. Our study examined results of a survey of both acute care and behavioral health team members who worked with pregnant and post-pregnant patients.

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CollaborateMD

MARCH 7, 2025

Automation tools like RPA in healthcare can handle repetitive tasks like data entry and insurance claim processing to free up valuable time and reduce administrative burden. Improved Efficiency and Accuracy The American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that up to 12% of medical claims are submitted with inaccurate codes.

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Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. As part of discharge planning.

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DropStat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Teaching patients and their families also allows nurses to feel satisfaction in nursing care, with positive outcomes for nurses, such as nurse job retention. With patient teaching, the nurse is a guide and support and is responsible for how the patient continues nursing care after leaving the care setting.

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