Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

A November 2023 attack on a multistate hospital system demonstrated that cyberattacks can imperil not just patient information—which is bad enough—but can even result in delayed patient care ; elective surgical procedures had to be postponed and ambulances were diverted to other hospitals.

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Practice Index

JUNE 20, 2024

London drive to improve practice safety Practices in London have received a wide-ranging package of support to help them tackle threats to safety. The resources, from the Londonwide Local Medical Committees, deal with threats to the safety of staff and risks to patient safety from overworked staff.

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MedCerts

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The NCCT Surgical Tech certification examination is a comprehensive test designed to assess your knowledge and skills in the operating room. You must provide a copy of a SMART transcript or DD214 indicating the successful completion of a formal medical services training program relating to the tested discipline.

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Medical Advantage

JULY 17, 2024

The primary purpose of EMRs is to leverage the advantages of software technology to enhance patient care through better data management, streamlined workflows, and more informed decision-making. EMR vs. EHR EMRs are primarily utilized by clinicians to manage patient care within one practice.

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Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

By focusing on preventive care, early intervention, and chronic disease management, physicians can help reduce the occurrence of expensive hospitalizations and emergency room visits. To achieve this care coordination, it is also essential to provide constant training to your providers and staff.

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Medical Advantage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Understanding Clinical Decision Support Systems  When properly configured, the features of clinical decision support systems help care teams conduct more productive patient visits. For example, one of the most used clinical decision support tools is the care gap alert.

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Ciox

AUGUST 3, 2023

This fragmentation poses a significant challenge for healthcare providers striving to deliver patient-centric care. Missed Opportunities: Critical medical insights may remain hidden within the siloed data, leading to missed opportunities for accurate diagnoses and timely patient interventions.

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Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

By focusing on preventive care, early intervention, and chronic disease management, physicians can help reduce the occurrence of expensive hospitalizations and emergency room visits. To achieve this care coordination, it is also essential to provide constant training to your providers and staff.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Key Takeaways Patient portal development ensures epidemiologic safety, and patient care, and reduces human errors. It also streamlines workflow and makes healthcare accessible for patients. They can track their blood pressure, oxygen content, heart rate, and many other parameters from the safety of their home.

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Using X-ray machines, MRI scanners, and other imaging technologies, they create images of bones, tissues, and organs upon which physicians base essential decisions on patient care. This creates a continued demand for skilled radiography technicians to conduct these tests in hospitals, clinics, and other health institutions.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The patient experience centers around quality healthcare delivery using highly valued aspects of patient care. Patient Experience Patient experience includes every interaction a person has with healthcare providers and the quality of those experiences.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rush Medical College, its main goal is to develop students who will be critical thinkers, who will provide excellent clinical care, patient safety and quality. And this is actually something that Rush really excels in, is quality of care and patient safety and whether that’s in the hospital or elsewhere.

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We Care Online

JANUARY 16, 2025

Attention to Detail Aspiring healthcare professionals must be able to pay attention to detail as it affects care quality and patient safety. Time Management Since time management directly affects patient care and workplace efficiency, it is important for aspiring healthcare professionals.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This means NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, and initiate and manage treatments (including prescribing medications) under the licensing authority of the State Board of Nursing. Since 2023, 27 states and the District of Columbia have granted NPs full practice authority (AANP, 2023).

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 21, 2024

Is it any wonder that direct patient care feels overwhelming? Within the microcosm of medicine, reverberating themes of burnout, exploitation, suicide, and patient safety can quickly raise the temperature past the boiling point. Most concerning, few trainees enjoy the benefits of longitudinal clinical mentorship.

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