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Patients Allegedly Sleeping in Tents Due to Overcrowding

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The union alleges that management is keeping patients in hallways and other areas that aren’t meant for patient beds. And the nurses said they “are deeply concerned about eroding patient care conditions and the lack of patient privacy and dignity.” This makes it difficult to navigate the facility.

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What is Automation in Healthcare? A Guide to Streamlining Operations 

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Applications of automation span everything from medical billing and administrative processes to enhancing patient care through clinical decision support and real-time analytics. Patient Care Shines By automating patient care and clinical workflows, providers can improve response times and personalize treatments.

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Magnet Status Matters: What Magnet Recognition Means for Hospitals and the Nurses Working There

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The return on investment requires measurable patient care metrics, a superior nursing environment involved in hospital decision-making, and higher net patient revenue than non-Magnet hospitals. Safety Across the Board. Hospitals are constantly striving to improve patient safety. per discharge.

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Beyond Care and Outcomes, Hospitals Must Deliver on Civics, Inclusivity, Equity, and Value – Lown Institute’s Best Hospitals

Health Populi

The core business of hospitals is patient care, often baked with teaching and research. Several of these are the “stick-to-the-knitting” components of the Webster Dictionary definition of hospital work: patient outcomes, clinical outcomes, avoiding overuse, patient safety, and a recent focus, patient satisfaction.

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Lessons Learned from a New EHR Implementation

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We don’t aim for a full hundred percent because we want to ensure providers can add their own flair to the messages.” – Dr. Stacey Johnston They have also requested early adoption of Epic’s summarizer programs to assist with discharge summaries.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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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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7 Strategies for Mitigating the Healthcare Staffing Crisis

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The city also worked with labor unions and through its own health system to bring in practitioners from other medical fields, including dentists, pediatricians, primary care providers, and school nurses. Can you reassign any activities not directly related to serving patients to other individuals who could serve these functions?