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A Closer Look at The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Proposed Patient Safety Structural Measure

Beterra

Patient safety is a critical component of healthcare quality. Despite significant advancements, preventable harm remains a significant concern in healthcare settings. This new quality measure will assess how hospitals implement safety improvement systems and evaluate hospital leadership’s commitment to patient safety.

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Fixing The Hospital-To-Home Health Care Transition

Home Health Care

A study of SOAR’s results within a pilot program in Pennsylvania was recently published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. “On It also takes into account patient preferences and patient needs before care is transitioned. As the U.S. population begins to skew older, care coordination woes will exacerbate.

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Cybersecurity for the Clinician

Briggs Healthcare

It is increasingly understood that threats to healthcare cybersecurity present a shared challenge and therefore a shared responsibility, including among those whose principal responsibility is patient care and healthcare quality.

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AI’s Executive Order and Its Key Healthcare Implications 

Sheppard Health Law

In addition, Veterans Affairs must host, within one year of the order, two three-month nationwide AI Tech Sprint competitions to advance AI systems that improve veterans’ healthcare quality and support small businesses’ innovative capacity. Protect Privacy.

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Clarify Health Secures $150M for Value-Based Payments Platform

HIT Consultant

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round and was joined by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and Memorial Hermann Health System , along with existing investors Insight Partners , Spark Capital , KKR , Aspenwood Ventures , Rivas Capital , and Sigmas Group.

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Professional Development: The Overlooked Solution to Nurse Burnout & Turnover

HIT Consultant

Despite having relatively good health overall, American seniors account for one in four doctors’ visits , and many are currently living with chronic health conditions (31% with at least one; 18% with six or more).

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The Common Denominators of Sustainability in Healthcare: Measurement and Transparency

HIT Consultant

Michael Byczkowski, Global VP, Head of Healthcare Industry at SAP. The global healthcare industry accounts for roughly 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. carbon emissions emerge from healthcare. In the United States, the number is even higher : roughly 8.5% Do no harm. There are reasons for this.