Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2024

Next, to the process factors — which involve scheduling, ease of billing and paying, and clear treatment plans at the point of discharge. The most important of these, most consumers say, is the ability to schedule an appointment or procedure within a reasonable timeframe.

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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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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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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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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

You demand an immediate safety review to understand what happened and why. The patient safety team moves quickly to investigate, and they discover that the patient was a young woman who had given birth to her first child just two weeks ago at one of your hospitals. She was discharged with blood pressure medication.

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Health Populi

JULY 8, 2020

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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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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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

“One consideration is to reach out to former colleagues who have retired from the organization to assist in mitigating a healthcare staffing shortage,” said Felicia Sadler, MJ, BSN, RN, CPHQ, LSSBB, Patient Safety and Quality Executive at Relias. “A 5 – Consider arrangements with other care facilities and organizations.

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Relias

JULY 14, 2022

Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality at ReliasAlarmingly, the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. Lora Sparkman, MHA, RN, BSN, Partner, Patient Safety and Quality, Relias. is more than double the rate of 10 other high-income countries, according to a 2020 report from The Commonwealth Fund.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

Chemotherapy Nurses Nurses who specialize in chemotherapy are skilled in the safe delivery and management of cancer treatments, paying close attention to drug interactions and necessary safety measures. Post-discharge oncology patients often face challenges with managing complex treatment plans, which necessitates robust remote care support.

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Relias

JULY 20, 2023

During discharge planning when documenting in the electronic medical record, the care team should perform a thorough assessment of behavioral and social risks and act on any identified risks to ensure appropriate evaluation and care. This would involve putting resources into place prior to discharging the patient — not just checking a box.

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