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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

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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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Primary care news round-up (27th March to 2nd April 2025)

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This would be backed by a review of hospital targets that may be hindering progress towards a sustainable NHS. The Kings Fund says the Government could aim to ensure that hospital spending returns to being less than half of the NHS budget, as it was in 2010.

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Primary care news round-up (20th to 26th March 2025)

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GP Dr Nick Harvey told Sussex World: Our partnership with Wave Active brings the Governments hospital to community agenda to life, where prevention and treatment are delivered within a neighbourhood health centre. The post Primary care news round-up (20th to 26th March 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Primary care news round-up (19th December 2024 to 1st January 2025)

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Hospitals were pleading with patients only to attend emergency departments for serious or life-threatening emergencies, warning of long waits for others. Before Christmas, these patients accounted for 5% of hospital beds. The quad-demic involves growing numbers of patients suffering from flu, Covid infection, norovirus and RSV.