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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

Minority Nurse

In June 2021, Montefiore was evaluating performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient experiences and alleviate flow challenges and decided to open a discharge lounge. The idea of a discharge lounge isn’t new, but being assisted by the clinician with whom patients just bonded is. Talk about your role in nursing.

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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

As part of this project, the team asked, “How can we make this a more open environment for data flow, with analytics on top?”. Another facet of telehealth is in helping to scale intensive care units (ICUs). In the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals want patients to be (appropriately) discharged home from hospital as soon as possible.

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Post-Acute Care Training Promotes Employees as an Asset

Relias

It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees. Administrators are in a position to recognize their staff’s value and foster a work environment that attracts employees and keeps them coming back. Organizational success is also dependent on retaining your employees.

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7 Strategies for Mitigating the Healthcare Staffing Crisis

Relias

Healthcare organizations across the U.S. Many organizations view the healthcare staffing crisis as a long-term problem that requires more than temporary solutions. Read on for seven strategies that healthcare organizations are using to help mitigate the staffing crisis.

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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

Is it Hard to Be a Health Unit Coordinator? Becoming a Health Unit Coordinator (HUC) is a challenging career that comes with many rewards. Is A Health Unit Coordinator Hard What Does a Health Unit Coordinator Do? Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Common tasks include: Managing patient records.