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Data-Driven Patient Rounding: A Deep-Dive At Lenox Hill Hospital

Electronic Health Reporter

By Joe Leggio, associate executive director, Lenox Hill Hospital (Northwell Health). In 2018, we at Lenox Hill Hospital found ourselves at a crossroads. The article Data-Driven Patient Rounding: A Deep-Dive At Lenox Hill Hospital appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Congress Introduces Safe Staffing Bill for Hospitals to Protect Nurses

Scrubs

Nurses have been organizing to get federal lawmakers to pass a bill that would set minimum nurse-patient ratios for every department in every hospital in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in the Senate and Rep.

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Three Dogs Promoted to Chief Comfort Officer at Virginia Hospital

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One Inova Hospital in Northern Virginia has three new employees: Bartley, Jeremiah, and Moo. The hospital recently held a special ceremony to celebrate the dogs’ promotion. The company also shared a sneak peek at its next round of facility dogs: Rex, Cozy, and Bodhi. .

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Doctors Should be Political, but not Political as Doctors

Sensible Medicine

Today I am happy to post the latest comeuppance, this one by Dr. Thomas Huddle. In practice, whether it be in emergency room bays or patient hospital rooms or operating suites, competent physicians know what to do next—whether that is conversation, examination, technical intervention, or prescription.

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EvidenceCare Acquires Agathos to Advance Physician Enablement and Reduce Clinical Variation

EvidenceCare

The acquisition process coincides with EvidenceCares successful completion of its Series B funding round, led by Orlando Health Ventures and Rockmont Partners. Novlet Mattis, Orlando Healths Chief Digital and Information Officer, and Curt Futch, Managing Partner at Rockmont Partners, will join the EvidenceCare board.

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In Honor of the Three Greatest Words in the English Language

Sensible Medicine

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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Primary care news round-up (16th January to 23rd January 2025)

Practice Index

There should also be progress towards integrated neighbourhood working, and annual increases in practice funding to cope with the workload involved in the shift of care from hospitals to the community. Emergency services stay busy Hospitals have been at their busiest yet this winter, despite flu rates falling.