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4 Reasons to Get a DNP Degree

HIT Consultant

A DNP (Doctor of Nursing) degree is meant to help registered nurses with a BSN or MSN achieve the highest clinical nursing education level. Since the Doctorate of Nursing Practice is the highest education level, it prepares you to qualify for non-clinical and clinical positions and pay that reflects a higher responsibility level.

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The Patient Experience: Meeting our Patients Human Needs | Ep.33

Vie Healthcare

In Episode 33 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience , Lisa is joined by Jason Vallee, PhD, Vice President at Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and a thought leader in the patient experience. Together they explore what the patient experience really means. save $772 million since 1999.

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation strongly advocates for systemic payer policy changes aimed at incentivizing healthcare organizations to adopt evidence-based solutions, prioritize quality over quantity, and encourage public reporting to mitigate risks.

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Recognizing the Role of Caregiver with Melissa Fisher | E. 79

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction Melissa shares the four challenges faced by caregivers today, calls on doctors to recognize family and patients as a ‘’unit’’, and highlights the ‘’unpaid, untrained, overwhelmed, burned-out’’ reality of caregiving. Melissa explained the difference when a doctor finally included her in decision-making. ‘’I

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Newsletter, September 2023

Patient Safety Movement

The distinguished PCAST Working Group on Patient Safety was co-led by PSMF Founder Joe Kiani and Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, Eric Horvitz. On September 11, the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) had its virtual meeting where it reviewed quality and safety of healthcare.

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Cost Trumps Quality of Health Care for Consumers As Their Experience Has Eroded

Health Populi

Start with health care quality, which 58% of U.S. adult patients ranked as “very good or good” in June 2020. The percent of health consumers evaluating their healthcare quality as very good or good fell to 41% of people in June 2023, an erosion of 17 percentage points, shown in the first chart.

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Newsletter, February 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. As we celebrate National Female Physicians Day, let us acknowledge the critical role that patient and family participation plays in ensuring patient safety.