Healthcare It News

JUNE 24, 2024

Patients discharged from hospitals often were readmitted due to complications that could have been prevented with better monitoring and more proactive management, said Matt Nieukirk, director of the SNF practice at OSF HealthCare. "The existing systems were fragmented, with each care setting operating in a silo ," he explained.

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Readiness Rounds

JULY 31, 2023

Patient communication boards play a pivotal role in enhancing both patient satisfaction and a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score and star rating. These boards serve as instrumental tools in fostering effective and patient-centered communication within healthcare settings.

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Cloud Blogs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Care management in healthcare involves a complex web of patient information, communication, and manual processes that without integration can hinder the delivery of efficient and coordinated care. This approach saves time, ensures critical elements are included, and allows for a patient-centered approach to care planning.

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

Comprehensive quality measurement of care coordination services is essential to evaluate and guide care coordination efforts, yet little agreement exists among stakeholders about how to best measure the provision and quality of care coordination services. [4] National Care Coordination Standards Domain.

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Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

CMS found that accountable care models, especially those that include total cost of care approaches, will need payment incentives to support the delivery of integrated, equitable person-centered care. All models will consider or include patient-report outcomes as part of the performance measurement strategy.

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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. Financing care coordination systems.

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