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OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%

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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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St. Luke’s Health Deploys Epic-Integrated I-PASS Solution for Standardized Handoff Communication

HIT Consultant

Luke’s Health System today announced it is implementing Epic-integrated standardized communication tools across the health system and have selected the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to implement the I-PASS solution. Realizing the benefits of evidence-based patient handoff tools to curb preventable patient harm, St.

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WakeMed to Deploy Regard’s AI Clinical Automation Platform Across Enterprise

HIT Consultant

This not only streamlines workflows but also enhances patient care, all without adding extra tasks for busy clinicians. How Regard Works to Benefit Patients and Providers Regard’s AI solution seamlessly integrates into the EHR, automatically reviewing a patient’s entire clinical data to identify crucial information.

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Prisma Health & Bamboo Health Partner to Deliver Real-Time Patient Intelligence Across South Carolina

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Prisma Health , South Carolina’s leading healthcare organization, has announced an expanded collaboration with Bamboo Health , the leader in Real-Time Care Intelligence™. By doing so, they can truly become an integrated extension of our care team, enabling us to deliver better outcomes and lower costs.”

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Why The End of the Public Health Emergency is Everyone’s Problem

HIT Consultant

The goal of the PHE was to help low-income people receive appropriate preventive and primary care during the pandemic without disruptions in coverage. However, the demand for healthcare is only going to rise, driven by the long-term impacts of Covid-19 and delaying care for other health conditions.

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Why Value-Based Care Begins with Quality Education

Home Health Care

The shift to value-based care. Connecting training with outcomes serves patients and staff, but the shift to value-based care means attention to outcomes is imperative as home-based care transitions to rewarding providers for the quality of the care they deliver. That will ultimately benefit the quality of care.”.

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California and Ohio Advancing Equity for Older Adults and Family Caregivers

NASHP

The strategies have the following commonalities: The goals, outcomes, and strategies have integrated principles of equity and inclusivity, with a special focus on addressing the needs and priorities of underserved populations and communities.