Accountability, Care Transition and Nursing - Health Care Quality Digest

Fixing The Hospital-To-Home Health Care Transition

Home Health Care

JUNE 25, 2024

The Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC) helped support the research. The goal of the SOAR program is to provide a high-quality, nurse-led replicable transition of care framework from hospital to home. It’s a really interesting model, and it’s really important to look at how to bridge those gaps in care transitions.”

Care Transition

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How Reasoning-Based AI Improves Care Transitions

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This structured framework ensures that recommendations are practical, easily implementable, and aligned with the workflows of care teams. Applications in Care Transition The three principles of responsible AI use are particularly applicable in care transitions, where managing patient handoffs between different care settings is critical.

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Cyberattacks: A Recipe for Nurse Burnout and Compromised Patient Care

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2024

Ashley Franks, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at TigerConnect Nurses, the backbone of the medical field, have been facing a critical threat: burnout. A worrying 29% of nurses reported feeling like they’re at their wits’ end several times a week or even daily.

Nursing

Nursing Hospitals Care Transition Telemedicine

3 Ways Post-Acute Placement Solutions Improve Transitions of Care

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

For example, a hospital case manager may have to send faxes and make phone calls to multiple skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) within the hospital’s network to identify which facility is most prepared to accept a given patient. In the past, care transitions have often come with concerns about risk and uncertainty. vs. 49.5%).

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Streamlining Patient Transitions for Better Outcomes

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2024

For example, a hospital case manager may have to send faxes and make phone calls to multiple skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) within the hospital’s network to identify which facility is most prepared to accept a given patient. Prior to that, he held nursing leadership and paramedic positions at West Tennessee Healthcare. vs. 49.5%).

Hospitals

Hospitals Care Transition Nursing Accountability

InnovAge Appoints New CEO; Axxess Beefs Up Executive Leadership Team

Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid program that helps keep people in their communities instead of nursing homes. Oftentimes, programs are run out of community-based centers with the support of in-home care providers and their staff. Paul, Minnesota-based health care spending account (HSA) administrator.

Regulations

Regulations Care Transition Medicaid Medicare

State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

States are hoping to achieve a number of goals with their MLTSS programs, including increasing access to home and community-based services, promoting care coordination, enhancing quality and beneficiary satisfaction, and mitigating cost growth. pdf On October 1, 2023, Virginia Medicaid combined its two managed care programs of Medallion 4.0

Medicaid

Medicaid Nursing Medicare Integration

Unlock efficiency and quality of care with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare Care management

Cloud Blogs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Enhance health team coordination and collaboration Care coordination is a complex process involving multiple stakeholders, including primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals. Modern care management platforms facilitate seamless collaboration and information sharing among care teams.

Quality of Care

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Prior Authorizations: 3 Ways to Reduce Administrative Burden & Burnout

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The private health plans, which are an alternative to traditional Medicare, account for 42% of the total Medicare population. A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that four in five Medicare Advantage enrollees are in plans that require them to obtain authorization from insurers prior to receiving care. About Russell Graney.

Medicare

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Healthcare at the Crossroads: Value-Based Care and Interoperability

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 7, 2021

CAQH CORE (Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange) conducted years of research and identified key opportunity areas in the industry that could smooth the implementation of value-based care payments, making communication between payers and providers more effective and sustainable.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nursing Care Transition Accountability

Review of 16 Proven Strategies to Improve Patient Satisfaction & Experience eBook

Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Negatives Where there is much room for improvement is in the responsiveness of hospital staff (65% average HCAHPS score), communication about medications (61%), the quietness of the hospital environment (62%), and the patient’s care transitions (51%).

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

ACO Accountable Care Organizations. CBCM Community Based Care Management Program. PCCM Primary Care Case Management. PH-MCO Physical Health Managed Care Organization. RAE Regional Accountable Entity. Acronym Guide. APM Alternative Payment Model. CBO Community Based Organization.

Medicaid

Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Promote choice and control for people with serious illness, while taking into account their unique life circumstances; 2.

Medicaid

Medicaid Hospice Care Regulations Integration

How Electronic Health Records Help to Engage Patients and Reduce Errors

Medical GPS

JUNE 23, 2021

The receptionist who answered the phone informed me I could set up an account through their online patient portal and retrieve all of the notes taken during his appointment, as well as contact his doctor, and review his medical records. His school nurse can stay up-to-date regarding his medications.

Doctors

Doctors Care Transition Healthcare Hospitals

Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Medicaid program administrator) does not specifically require the Regional Accountable Entities (RAEs), care coordinating entities contracted with Colorado’s Medicaid program, or other managed care entities to cover CHW services, nor does the Department pay for CHW services under FFS.

Medicaid

Medicaid Primary Care Prevention Nursing

Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2022

In February 2022, for example, results from a nurse survey commissioned by a prominent staffing firm showed 56% of nurses reported that their mental health and well-being has suffered due to the pandemic, and 41% are considering leaving the profession for good. How Patient Flow Challenges Contribute to Burnout.

Tertiary Care

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National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Implementation Guide

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

Shared Plan of Care. Care Coordination Workforce. Care Transitions. health plans, providers, families of CYSHCN) in using, adapting, and implementing the National Care Coordination Standards for CYSHCN to develop or improve care coordination systems. Accountable Person. Team-Based Communication.

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What Hospital Success Looks Like Under Value-Based Care

HIT Consultant

JUNE 22, 2022

By proactively addressing patients’ social-risk factors through technology, hospitals take a comprehensive and coordinated approach to whole-person care, resulting in better outcomes, lower costs, and sustainable care – all critical to success under value-based care models. Optimize skilled nursing facility length of stay.

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4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2022

In February 2022, for example, results from a nurse survey commissioned by a prominent staffing firm showed 56% of nurses reported that their mental health and well-being has suffered due to the pandemic, and 41% are considering leaving the profession for good. How Patient Flow Challenges Contribute to Burnout.

Tertiary Care

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State Community Health Worker Models

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Community Health Worker Models

Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Implementation Guide

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