Relias

MARCH 18, 2025

Winter storms and blizzards can bring extreme cold, heavy snowfall, ice accumulation, and dangerous winds that disrupt essential services, transportation, and hospital operations. Ensuring a hospitals readiness for severe winter weather is critical to maintaining patient care and staff safety.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2024

personal emergency response systems/PERS). That is, devices that look more medical or hospital-purposed would be less desirable to use at-home and in real (non-inpatient or institutional) life. Over one-half of older people have adopted assistive or health-related technologies at home. memory loss).

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Long Term Care Emergency Response Hospital Medication 90

The Healthcare Blog

MAY 30, 2024

hospitals suffered financial consequences from the incident and 74% experienced a direct impact on patient care. No Organization Is an Island It’s difficult to ignore that an attack on a single entity impacted almost all hospitals in the U.S. Constant vigilance and emergency recovery planning are still necessary.

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Patient Records Emergency Response Hospital Medication 115

Health Populi

MAY 2, 2019

Today in America, electronic health records (EHRs) are implemented in most physician offices and virtually all hospitals. Just last month, Amazon announced HIPAA-compliant privacy bundled into Alexa skills with Atrium Health, Boston Children’s Hospital, CIGNA, ExpressScripts, Livongo, and Swedish Health Connect.

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HIPAA Emergency Response Huddles/Rounds Medication 123

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Under “new partner services,” Parks Associates lists broadband, home security, retail health and tech (from Best Buy Health to CVS health and Walmart, among others), and the “tech giants” (namely Amazon, Apple, and Google), personal emergency response services (PERS), et al.

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Collaboration Diagnostics Long Term Care Hospice 102

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 25, 2024

Jude Children’s Research Hospital had low nurse turnover and a large pool of applicants from which to choose. Since then, despite the hospital’s efforts, nurses have been experiencing the same fatigue phenomenon seen at hospitals nationwide. Yet, they leave the profession at a higher rate than long-term nurses.

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Unit Organization and Environment Emergency Response Hospital Patient Care 59

Relias

MARCH 13, 2025

Their influence extends beyond hospital walls, reaching into public health, education, policy, and the future of healthcare. The development of nurse-led care models, such as the Transitional Care Model , has improved patient outcomes and reduced hospital readmissions.

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Emergency Response Precepting Patient Care Hospital 52