Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Call for action on patients awaiting discharge The Government is under pressure to take action over thousands of patients stuck in hospital and waiting for discharge. It also shows about 20,000 patients being in hospital beds for longer than 21 days, with little sign of these numbers reducing.

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Practice Index

JANUARY 30, 2025

Community care plan stalling The promise of shifting care from hospitals to community settings has already stalled, MPs have alleged. The post Primary care news round-up (24th January to 29th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Researchers interviewed 61 patients and 93 professionals.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

I’m embarrassed to think how deep I was into my medical career when the time I’d spent in the hospital surpassed the time I’d spent on ball fields. This conveniently overlooks the reality of occasional night call or glances at televised highlights on patients’ TVs during rounds. Surprise endings are common.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 1, 2023

This is a hospital, not a hotel. Doctors don’t make rounds on a specific schedule at the hospital. It’s not me hurting you…it’s the needle. –Kasie Mahan 3. No, you didn’t wake me up. I do not sleep during my night shift. –Denise Marie 4. –Marian Bellah 5. –Marian Bellah 5.

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Scrubs

MARCH 7, 2023

When Small’s babies were discharged from the hospital several months after she gave birth, Mullen asked if they could exchange numbers, and the two have been a part of each other’s lives ever since. That’s one of the things we clicked on while I was in the hospital.” But their relationship didn’t end there.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 13, 2024

That is the non-profit hospital/health system sector. Having said that, most hospitals are frequently late in filing them, and file them in a very confusing way. Carolina hospital systems and found out that Atrium’s CEO pay went up nearly five-fold over six years. When I asked ChatGPT it estimated about 1.2

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Scrubs

MAY 11, 2023

“We’re hopeful that our presence here will keep nurse appreciation top of mind year-round, alongside continuing efforts that push for nurse well-being.” This is a win-win for hospitals and nurses alike – nurses can work when and where they want, and hospitals get increased access to nurses to appease some of their shortages.”

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Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

CT/X-ray/ultrasound machines would only be across the hall, not on the other side of the hospital. Physicians would round on their patients all at predicted/scheduled times. The elevator would open promptly every time you need it (especially during patient transport!). Nobody would be confused or delirious.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2024

You want to be a hospital CEO. If you can’t stand around on an interminable rounds (always). If you are tangential or muddled when you speak, medicine will be difficult. Don’t do medicine if… You want to make a health care app. You want to create a startup. You want to go into venture capital.

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Medication Huddles/Rounds Communication Hospital 357

Practice Index

JANUARY 9, 2025

Last week, the latest data showed the number of flu patients in hospital quadrupling over the holiday. The post Primary care news round-up (2nd January to 8th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Critical incidents were declared in the East Midlands, Birmingham, Devon, Cornwall, Northamptonshire and Hampshire.

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Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors. One action you can take this week: At your next huddle or staff meeting, whether it’s a daily huddle with your team or a weekly leadership huddle, make a point of speaking up about the importance of ways to improve patient safety. into perspective.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Viewing the “H” as the Hilton , not the HOSPITAL… —Tina Lester Jones 2. It should be against the law to tell the nurse your pain is a 10/10 , and when the doc rounds, “Any complaints?”, If you’ve ever responded to your patient’s 35th call bell ring in an hour, we know you’ll be nodding along with them! Butt grabbing.

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Scrubs

JULY 26, 2023

I can remember the precise day when, at my first obstetrics clinical, my instructor stated, “This hospital takes new grads into labor and delivery! So, in the fall of my senior year, I applied only to that same hospital, knowing I had a shot at my “dream” job. You DO NOT have to work med/surg to specialize.”

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Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

With my clinical experience, plus my work in the emergency room at Yale New Haven Hospital, I just reacted,” Davies said. The providers did three rounds of compressions and AED administration when the man’s pulse finally came back. She quickly jumped into action when she saw him lying on the ground.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 14, 2025

A recent study found that primary care physicians in a Massachusetts hospital spent an average of 36 minutes per visit using the EHR , with nearly 8 minutes dedicated to the EHR inbox. Use Team Huddles to Address Common Questions If multiple inbox messages involve the same issue (e.g.,

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2023

Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. Her hospital course was uneventful, and she made good therapeutic use of her time on the unit. I came to her room for rounds in the morning. Her door was open, and she waved me in.

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Discharges Hospital Follow-Up Admissions 230

Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

Jefferson Health, which operates 18 hospitals throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, recently announced it is using the Nurse Emeritus Program to keep retired nurses engaged. She said the program is already paying off at hospitals around the country by helping new RNs learn the skills they need to excel on the job.

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Discharges Huddles/Rounds Hospital Medication 242

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 12, 2024

Most of my undergraduate medical education took place at New York Hospital, where a medical error occasioned the first calls for duty hour reform. I was responsible for staying at the bedside of (or at least in the hospital with) my patients until they were stable. PR was admitted to my service at a hospital where I briefly attended.

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Performance Health

JANUARY 24, 2025

Rounding in hospitals encompasses a range of practices that are instrumental in enhancing patient and employee safety. This article explores the tangible benefits of various types of rounding, shedding light on how healthcare organizations utilize rounding to detect and address potential risks.

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Huddles/Rounds Hospital Patient Safety 40

Sensible Medicine

MAY 15, 2024

In another example, a student came to rounds with a stool to sit down, while the rest of the team stood. In this week’s Sensible Medicine podcast, I asked why students have an entire lecture with prolonged discussion of whether a patient coming to the hospital from prison should be called a prisoner.

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Medication Huddles/Rounds Hospital 297

Scrubs

MARCH 24, 2023

The unfortunate thing was every time the nurses tried to remind him of why he was in the hospital (which he forgets about every 20 minutes), they had to deliver the sad news of the cancer and help him through the grief. My friend sprang into the room and called a staff emergency to round up any free hands. Over and over.

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Scrubs

MAY 29, 2023

After work, she came home and told her husband she needed to go to the hospital. “I The hospital sent her home and told her that her subdural hematoma would heal on its own, but she woke up the next day vomiting, so she called an ambulance back to the ER. “As a nurse, I knew what those signs were.”

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Huddles/Rounds Hospital Medication 188

Scrubs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Humble Brilliance “In our training, doctors are so separated from nursing staff that we don’t really get to appreciate their input until we’re independently practicing,” says Anita Swamy, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist and the medical director of diabetes at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Petersburg, Fla.,

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Vital Signs Hospital Discharges Huddles/Rounds 246

Guideway Care

JULY 3, 2024

The healthcare industry attempts to enhance patient satisfaction in hospitals through the implementation of the 5 Ps of nursing rounding. The 5 Ps The five Ps in the model for nursing rounding are Pain, Position, Personal needs, Proximity, and Patient Education.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 25, 2019

Vital, the AI-powered software increasing productivity and improving patient health in hospital emergency rooms, today announces a $5.2 million Seed round led by First Round Capital and DFJ. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The next morning when I came in to round as the 3 rd year resident on the team, I found Cara quietly crying at one of the desks behind the nurses’ station. I learned from the nursing staff that Bill’s family was in his hospital room, hoping to speak with someone about what had gone wrong. Bill had coded and died overnight.

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Patient Approved

MARCH 9, 2015

Informal rounds are a good way of making that connection. told FierceHealthCare , "Staff are the greatest untapped resource in the hospital. For CEOs to talk to staff directly and use rounding to reinforce the organization's mission, it is a way for them to recognize staff for setting the standard."

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We Care Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Phlebotomy Technician Pay: Phlebotomists earn an average of $37,000 a year but can earneven more at hospitals or specialty clinics ( BLS. Why Its Simple: You can earn BLS certification in one day by taking onlinecourses and practice rounds.

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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 30, 2019

BetterPT, a healthcare technology platform company providing end-to-end digital connectivity between physical therapists (PT), patients and physicians, announced today it has completed a $5 million Series A round of financing. The Series A round was led by 5Lion Ventures and joined by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) and ID Fund.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Home, Sweet Hospital-At-Home? . In our bullish and, on its face, compassionate and cost-rational embrace of the migration of acute care from hospital beds to peoples’ living and bedrooms, there are several guardrails to consider beyond sheer payment and reimbursement calculations. Care About the Caregivers, the House, the Fridge.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“The odds are against hospitals collecting patient balances greater than $7,500,” the report analyzing Hospital collection rates for self-pay patient accounts from Crowe concludes. Crowe benchmarked data from 1,600 hospitals and over 100,00 physicians in the U.S.

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Relias

JUNE 6, 2024

Maintains a physical presence through onsite visits, rounding, or huddles to provide direct support and appreciation. Greatest impact on nurse success While it’s common to focus leadership efforts at the highest levels of a hospital or health system, nurse leaders are key to an organization’s success.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Mr Streeting proposed three “big shifts” based on moving services from hospitals to the community, from analogue to digital, and from sickness to prevention. All GP surgeries should be able to see full records from all hospitals about the care of their patients, the contributor said. “We This is madness.”

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Practice Index

JULY 11, 2024

She said that more care should be moved from hospital to primary care and community services. The post Primary care news round-up (4th July to 10th July 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. I’m committed to reversing that.” The news was welcomed by primary care organisations.

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Practice Index

JUNE 6, 2024

The UK Health Security Agency said in mid-May that rates of infection seem to be increasing, based on most indicators, and hospitals still regularly admit infected patients. The virus is affecting the over-85s worst, with dozens needing hospital treatment. 50% of NHS trusts reported having experienced issues of potential patient harm.

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Huddles/Rounds Appointments Hospital Communication 52

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The report says that more hospitals are “not the answer” to overcrowding in hospitals; instead, staff should get incentives to work in primary care through pay, status and career progression together with mandatory placements for clinicians and leaders. The list stood at 7.6 million, a reduction of 6,200, according to NHS England.

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Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Hospitals and healthcare providers would become free-standing, independent companies. The post Primary care news round-up (19th September to 25th September 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. The Institute of Economic Affairs made its proposals in the wake of the Darzi report into the crisis in the NHS.

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