Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. Summation In this science experiment, the authors did imaging of patients who had just been discharged from a near-week-long hospital stay for an acute infectious disease. A note to readers. We appreciate your support.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

She is discharged on dual-antiplatelet agents and an increased statin dose. She follows up at a “highly ranked” west coast academic medical center, near where she lives half the year. 1 What did the medical center do? By the time she leaves the hospital, she has no residual symptoms.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

Medical illness, other psychiatric illness, and life circumstances can lead to positive results on the PHQ-9. The FDA recently approved escitalopram for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder based on an 8-week trial that found the medication increased suicidal ideation 6.5-fold Fortunately, she was discharged the next morning.

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Scrubs

JULY 31, 2023

Jeff Richardson Medication errors …those two words can invoke feelings of dread among nurses. Medication errors happen at home more often than most people realize. All’s going well until the nurse gets to the question about medications: Nurse: Do you take any prescription medicines at home? Patient: Yes.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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 Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

” Her discharge notes state Difficulty coping with anxiety for past 1-2 weeks. She presented back at the ED the day after her initial discharge with additional hemorrhage concerns. She was discharged with blood pressure medication. She delivered her baby after a 30+ hour labor culminating in postpartum hemorrhage.

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

Providers at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in San Diego say their managers are putting patients and staff at risk by overcrowding facilities with gurneys because there aren’t enough beds to go around. ” The problems extend beyond Jacobs Medical Center. ” Nurses in L.A. organized another demonstration earlier this month.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Yet, every time they would come into the hospital, we would discharge them with the same plan. economy up to $236 billion every year due to preventable medical errors, increased rates of illness and disability, and wage losses. There was a disconnect between what we were saying and the person,” she said of her experience.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Luciana Luciana’s discharge day was getting close. I segued the conversation to finalizing details on her medications and trying to figure out a place for her a place to stay, as the shelters were full. I’ll have it done by the time I discharge.” Despite repeated pleading, she would not take any medication.

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

But in 2012, neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, identified a unique network of delicate channels (tiny passages alongside blood vessels) inside the brain that collect and discharge brain metabolites and waste materials including amyloid. Mike Magee MD is a Medical Historian and regular contributor to THCB. Grove/2020)

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Scrubs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Today, medical science is advancing more rapidly than ever before, with new treatments and medications developed on an ongoing basis. But sometimes, medical facilities and the nurses that work there can fall a bit behind on the most up-to-date approaches to patient care. Objective measurement is absolutely crucial.

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

Emeritus recently named its first lead nurse, AnnMarie Papa, who previously served as vice president and chief nursing officer for Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton, Pennsylvania. “Our goal is to bring innovative approaches to support our nurses and care teams during this time of global workforce challenges in healthcare.”

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The response was led by Dr Claire Fuller, Primary Care Medical Director of NHS England, who said: So if you think about Practice Managers, every day [they] will get a phone call from a patient that says, If I die today, itll be your fault. 20% received appointment letters after the date of the appointment.

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Scrubs

MARCH 9, 2023

“Madera Community Hospital is dedicated to continuing services to our patients that are in the hospital and will ensure that they are safely transferred or discharged,” the hospital said in a statement earlier this year.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

Spending on medical care costs crowded out other household spending for millions of Americans in 2018, based on The U.S. 27 million Americans — 1 in 100 people — each borrowed at least $10,000 to pay for medical care. The West Health-Gallup study encompasses the health care services supply side, too, beyond medications.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Enhancements to Core Admission and Discharge Navigators Connect Care uses "Navigators" to help prescribers complete complex workflows when key tasks are easy to forget. Core "Admission" and "Discharge" navigators organize review (e.g., problem, medication and allergy validation), action (e.g., orders) and documentation (e.g.,

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A Young Doctor's Journey

MARCH 10, 2025

Remember, I am sharing this as a patient, not a specialist doctor – nothing is medical advice: just my experiences and what I've been told by my fertility team. My doctor recommended starting prenatal vitamins, as well as some supplements (again, not medical advice so I won't go into detail). Let's get into it.

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

But that’s not what happens when you encounter a medical emergency in the wild. She later found out from a reporter that the family was visiting from out of state and that the baby was discharged from the hospital after two days. “I You know the outcome,” she said. I just wish I had asked the mom’s name,” Diallo continued.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Humble Brilliance “In our training, doctors are so separated from nursing staff that we don’t really get to appreciate their input until we’re independently practicing,” says Anita Swamy, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist and the medical director of diabetes at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Petersburg, Fla.,

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Scrubs

JUNE 6, 2023

His last will and testament set aside one million dollars for the Maine Medical Center on the condition that the burn center be renamed after Isla Estabrook, the nurse who saved his life some 30 years ago. Estabrook landed a job at the burn unit in the Maine Medical Center where she eventually crossed paths with Shaw.

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

For this section of our Med School Admissions: What You Need to Know To Get Accepted series, I’ll provide a brief rundown of what happens after you graduate from medical school. There will always be new procedures, new medications, and new lab tests to learn about. urology), while medical specialties (e.g.,

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 9, 2019

Healthcare organizations know just how important it is to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect sensitive and unstructured data such as patient records, scripts, discharge summaries, medical forms, authorizations, prescriptions, and insurance claims.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

It addresses common challenges and highlights the importance of accurate and thorough medical necessity documentation , equipping leaders with the knowledge needed to navigate the intricacies of CERT audits effectively. Proper documentation helps demonstrate services were ordered based on medical necessity, not financial gain.

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EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

GMLOS is calculated by taking the nth root of the product of the length of stay for a series of discharges, where ‘n’ represents the number of discharges. Unlike GMLOS, ALOS is calculated by adding the total number of stay days for a group of patients and dividing by the number of discharges or admissions.

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EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In other words, the MA plan may focus its medical reviews on stays of any length in order to ensure compliance with the Two-Midnight Rule. This also means that the medical record must support the reasonableness of the clinician’s admission decision regardless of the total time spent in the facility.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 7, 2025

On this occa sion, all Connect Care production systems are affected, including Hyperdrive, Transfusion (WellSky), Content (Quanum), Dictation (Dragon Medical One), MUSE and ECG Web, MyAHS Connect, and the Link Provider Portal. The next scheduled update will occur during downtime on Thursday, March 13, 2025, between 00:30 and 04:30.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

One of the company’s key messages for CES 2021 was health care delivered outside of hospital settings – especially in a person’s home across the continuum-of-care — for virtual medical care, health promotion, and overall well-being. George tells us about being discharged home after dealing with heart failure in the hospital.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 8, 2024

In this role, burn nurses can better assess the needs of their patients post-discharge, anticipating potential problems like lack of transportation, living conditions without heat or electricity, or unstable food resources. Representations of race and skin tone in medical textbook imagery. REFERENCES Louie P, Wilkes R. Soc Sci Med.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

Advancing these efforts, the BPCI Advanced model introduces a consolidated retrospective payment system that addresses services within a 90-day period following discharge or outpatient procedures. Care Guides integrate with medical teams in order to bring urgent health issues forward, ensuring prompt responses when patients need intervention.

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Mobius MD

DECEMBER 3, 2024

One example is the AI-powered patient flow system that Cedars-Sinai Medical Center created to help staff allocate beds more effectively. By predicting admissions and discharge patterns, AI helps prevent overcrowding and reduces wait times.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

First, the codes are divided into two categories – medical and surgical. They would submit their charges post-discharge and be reimbursed. Getting a working DRG quickly helps provide a target discharge date and impacts average length of stay. This is the foundation for our real-time dashboard display in the medical record.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

Consider: fighting health insurance appeals, crafting countless medical necessity letters, justifying being discharged against medical orders, and other battles fought hand-in-hand with her husband on behalf of Emmett and his well-being. Why should this be an imperative?

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. Summation In this science experiment, the authors did imaging of patients who had just been discharged from a near-week-long hospital stay for an acute infectious disease. A note to readers. We appreciate your support.

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Milwaukee Career College

MAY 12, 2021

Healthcare facilities cannot run without medical assistants. As a medical assistant , you will spend a lot of time with patients performing clinical care. These responsibilities demand that you learn the rules, regulations, and the language of medics that more often look like nothing but codes. That is where we begin.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 19, 2023

The slide was meant for new medical student graduates about to start residency. Whatever else goes on in the hospital, this is a problem that needs to be addressed, if not solved, prior to discharge. You were accepted to medical school not only because you are smart but because you have a lot else to offer.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 25, 2024

One surprising aspect of being an infusion nurse is the lack of awareness among many nurses about the field, despite their involvement in infusing medications. Witnessing patients’ journeys from diagnosis to healing at discharge is incredibly fulfilling. What has surprised you about being an infusion nurse?

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Scrubs

JULY 20, 2023

Asked him what, expecting it to be some medication or food. It was a fantastic feeling discharging him. From heartwarming encounters to hilarious quips and ridiculous exchanges, nurses from all over the world shared their best patient experiences: Admitting an elderly man, wife with him. Are you allergic to anything?” I asked him.

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