Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2022

“It’s hard to be healthy in the U.S. today.” That is the underlying premise and reason for The Building H Index. Health happens outside of doctors’ offices and hospital operating rooms. Health is made in our homes, in our communities, in our daily lives as we go about working, playing, learning, and praying. Too often, in those daily life-flows, making a healthy decision is harder than defaulting to a less-healthy one.

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Relias

APRIL 29, 2022

Each year Relias celebrates National Nurses Week, which is usually scheduled to begin May 6 and end on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year, like 2021’s National Nurses Week, is different with the COVID-19 pandemic accompanying the celebration. In light of the ongoing pandemic, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has extended the recognition to include the entire month of May.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 28, 2022

Having spent her career “truly on the front lines making a difference,” Gloria McNeal, PhD, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, will receive an AACN Pioneering Spirit Award at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) 2022 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Houston, May 16-18. McNeal’s award recognizes her efforts to bring healthcare directly to those most in need and introduce telehealth and remote monitoring to critical care.

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A Young Doctor's Journey

APRIL 29, 2022

In this, my first installment of Residency Chronicles, I want to share with you how I ended up buying a car. As many of you know, in March I found out that I matched into residency in the US, so starting July 1st, I’ll be a brand new PGY-1 on the East Coast! In the US, life without a car is really difficult, so I knew that I would have to start thinking seriously about procuring a vehicle a few weeks ago.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

Four in five U.S. physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st.

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Relias

APRIL 28, 2022

Revenue cycle management (RCM) is the financial process that makes it possible for most healthcare organizations to fulfill their mission of providing quality care for patients and communities. Without it, these organizations cannot survive. Poor revenue management can cause many organizations to struggle and experience financial difficulties or even disruption of services.

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19 Labs

APRIL 28, 2022

The GALE School package enables school districts to reduce absenteeism, improve healthcare for students and staff, and enhance provider engagement with parents. SAN MATEO, CA — April 28, 2022 — As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal government is providing funding for school districts to significantly expand the school healthcare services.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

APRIL 25, 2022

“Let’s do a survey!” For many companies, this statement marks the beginning of their customer experience (CX) program. However, thinking only about the survey and questions to ask has businesses jumping in at the end of the planning process. It’s like picking interior paint colors before you even have the blueprint when building a new home. A sustainable CX program requires a blueprint too.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

APRIL 25, 2022

The Acute Care Hospital at Home model (ACHAH) provides traditional hospital inpatient acute-level services at home. Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits. The ACHAH model appears to be a feasible alternative to traditional inpatient acute care that can improve quality of care and patient satisfaction.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 28, 2022

Polly Sheppard has been on a mission since surviving the 2015 Emmanuel AME church massacre in South Carolina. If the killer spared the retired prison nurse in the hope that she would spread his message of gun-toting white supremacy, though, he must be grievously disappointed.In fact, the indefatigable septuagenarian has been delivering her own messages – and like many nurses, she is a very good communicator.

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KevinMD.com

APRIL 24, 2022

Back on the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry. It’s a habit you picked up as a researcher, stuck in your lab until sunset, walking home to those empty walls. It’s one you’ve kept as a medical student. It’s always the most belligerent takes that ignite you. The ones that leap Read more… On the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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DrChrono

APRIL 26, 2022

Opening an independent medical practice takes savvy, skills, and, crucially, money. Many providers have taken the leap into private practice, and in 2020, 49.1% of physicians worked at physician-owned practices. However, the costs of running a practice can be discouraging and, at times, prohibitive for healthcare professionals. Between paying for an office, staff, equipment, and more, costs pile up fast, and there are few corners to cut without sacrificing the efficiency of your practice.

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Health Populi

APRIL 26, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted patients who were already deeply engaged with their own health care before the coronavirus emerged. Compared with a year ago, more patients and their advocates are seeking quality therapies, innovation, engagement, and integrity from pharmaceutical companies, based on research published today from PatientView. PatientView, based in the UK, has collaborated with over 40,000 patient advocacy organizations globally marking over 10 years doing this research.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 25, 2022

This week honors transplant nurses around the world as they continue to set a high standard of excellence and work in a constantly changing nursing specialty. The International Transplant Nurses Society , which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, marks this year’s Transplant Nurses Week from April 25 to May 2. Transplant nurses work with patients, their families and caregivers, and all the relevant healthcare teams as a patient progresses through the different stages of solid organ

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KevinMD.com

APRIL 23, 2022

I awake each day, looking for the sunlight to brighten my life, just as you may do. I wonder who I will meet today who might have an impact on my life, just as it may be for you. I organize in my mind my “to do” list for the day … all the things Read more… Me is who I am originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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