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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 Transitional care models are designed to address these challenges with the primary aim of preventing readmissions.” As the U.S.

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Professional Development: The Overlooked Solution to Nurse Burnout & Turnover

HIT Consultant

Now is the time for healthcare organizations to look inward and not only seek to remedy these deficits by counteracting existing burnout but to also prevent new staffing challenges as the reverberations of COVID-19 continue to be felt.

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Newsletter, November 2023

Patient Safety Movement

An embarrassment for US healthcare is that we have the highest rate of maternal mortality and morbidity among high-income nations, especially among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Black mothers, those of lower socioeconomic status, and people younger than 18 years or older than 35 years.1 Are Preventable.”, Michael A.E.

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In a world of multiple wars, starvation, poverty, and limited healthcare access, it is always uplifting to see a breakthrough in medical research. 1 Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States in adults. Stay safe and stay well.

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Quantifying the Medicare Advantage advantage

Healthcare Leadership Council

Former Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, president and CEO of the Better Medicare Alliance (of which the Healthcare Leadership Council is a member) said “this study adds to the growing body of evidence showing the ability of Medicare Advantage to align incentives to better manage the care for a high-need population with multiple chronic conditions.”

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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

As the relationship between healthcare providers and patients evolves, the healthcare industry is beginning to acknowledge and encourage patients as active partners in their care journey. The 21 st Century Cures Act is enabling patient-driven healthcare information exchange.