HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By administering ultrasound technology at the point of care, whether that be the patient’s bedside or an ambulance, POCUS prevents patients from being sent to another facility for imaging or waiting for a radiologist. Across hospital settings, IT infrastructure has not kept pace with ultrasound innovation.

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Prevention Hospitals Integration Hospital IT 111

Sequence Health

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Hospital readmissions can be costly and challenging for both healthcare providers and patients. By providing timely follow-ups, addressing patient concerns, and offering support post-discharge, medical call centers play a vital role in bridging the gap between hospital care and recovery.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Care Transition Primary Care Prevention 52

Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. The shameful reality is that it can take up to 17 years between the publication of protocols for preventing harm, and their actual implementation in the clinic.

Prevention 52

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 31, 2023

One of the great sources of frustration for everyone working within the field of patient safety is that many of the solutions we need to prevent harm are already available. The shameful reality is that it can take up to 17 years between the publication of protocols for preventing harm, and their actual implementation in the clinic.

Prevention 52

Prevention Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

JUNE 7, 2022

That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. In addition to the hospital-at-home waiver, Messina also addressed the growing demand for home-based palliative care and models that bring skilled-nursing-facility (SNF) care into the home.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

According to the World Economic Forum, hospitals produce around 50 petabytes of data per year. And with 6,039 hospitals in the US alone, that amounts to a sizeable amount of data requiring secure storage. Hospitals are sitting ducks. The role of immutable backups in protecting against ransomware.

Hospitals 52

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KHN

APRIL 29, 2022

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose. But customers must opt in to the feature, so it is likely unused in many hospitals. “It seems inherently safer.”

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Nursing Accountability Patient Safety 52

Home Health Care

JANUARY 13, 2023

McCauley: I think something that’s super interesting is if you first take a look at the hospital sector, a hospital started out as a general practitioner and you had one physician that you saw, and you went and had a hospital stay and you had one invoice. Well, now we’re hearing the term hospital without walls.

Home Care 105

Home Care Nursing Urgent Care Hospitals 105

HIT Consultant

JUNE 5, 2024

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 put providers on notice that quality of care measures, like reducing hospital readmissions and improving patient outcomes, would take precedence over fee-for-service models. More than $52.4

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Nursing Prevention Medicare Hospitals 52

Vie Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Episode Introduction As hospitals struggle with spiraling costs, Lisa Miller reveals seven key ways to save money in the next 12 months. So I feel like that’s an innovation for hospitals. But I want to give you one more nuanced thought….Could … my number one advice is to pull those projects together…. Innovative positions.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The number of AI-powered process automation systems continues to expand, promising to shorten payment times and simplify management while integrating with existing hospital IT investments. When implemented thoughtfully and with realistic expectations, these systems can reduce denials, missed charges, and low-risk scores.

Regulations 98

Regulations Integration Accountability Healthcare 98

Readiness Rounds

MAY 15, 2018

Proactive, scheduled surveillance of key processes in areas such as medication management, hand hygiene and CAUTI & CLABSI prevention, offer increased awareness as to what is or isn’t working. A good example of Readiness Rounds methodology in action is the way in which it supports our clients with their infection prevention efforts.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Performance improvement Prevention Hospitals 52

Readiness Rounds

MAY 15, 2018

Proactive, scheduled surveillance of key processes in areas such as medication management, hand hygiene and CAUTI & CLABSI prevention, offer increased awareness as to what is or isn’t working. A good example of Readiness Rounds methodology in action is the way in which it supports our clients with their infection prevention efforts.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Performance improvement Prevention Hospitals 52

Cloud Blogs

MARCH 23, 2021

It can also provide preventive services that allow for patient education or wellness coaching regarding non-emergency health and wellness issues. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, in the U.S. 3 RPM can help to lower costs and improve a patient's quality of life without the necessity of hospitalization.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 11, 2023

988 operates through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. These mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention lines must be able to take all calls, triage the calls to assess the additional needs, and coordinate connections to additional support based on the assessment of the team and the preferences of the caller.

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Cloud Blogs

MARCH 23, 2021

It can also provide preventive services that allow for patient education or wellness coaching regarding non-emergency health and wellness issues. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, in the U.S. 3 RPM can help to lower costs and improve a patient's quality of life without the necessity of hospitalization.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 18, 2022

They require access to insights not only about a patient’s hospital stay but also through discharge and post-acute care. It is critical for providers to not only understand how their patients’ health is progressing but also how those patients manage their own health beyond the hospital walls. Supporting seamless transitions of care.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Topics include, the barriers to obtaining an accurate diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), condensing the patient experience into a single CAT scan, the data supporting the new technology, and why 80% of the top 50 heart hospitals in the US use HeartFlow.

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Healthcare Patient Experience Hospitals Nursing 52

Vie Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2023

He also emphasizes how understanding the line item hospital costs can significantly benefit clinicians, and the importance of an empathetic mindset. And this hospital was dragging down the bottom line of a big not-for-profit health system that makes plenty of profit, believe you me. And so they closed the hospital.

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Vie Healthcare

MAY 4, 2023

He also urges hospitals to focus on mission over money and explains why compliance isn’t the enemy of healthcare. 30:06 Hospitals must focus on mission, not money Jonathan said the priority in healthcare has to be the service provided. ‘’But And so, a lot of times that gets forgotten or pushed off onto other hospitals or systems.

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Vie Healthcare

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But now it’s all happening in the hospital. So I’m certainly not an expert, but more as an observant of, you know, having worked in multiple hospitals in Bay Area and outside of California. But now it’s all happening in the hospital. So these conversations we’re having in your house. So it’s much more secular now.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

Le is excited about the PACE model’s ability to improve health outcomes and lower costs through preventative care. Again, I initially started work as a hospitalist, but as I kept seeing patients revolve back and forth in and out of the hospital, it just didn’t make sense. I thought, what the heck?

Home Care 105

Home Care Nursing Hospitals Prevention 105

Patient Safety Movement

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Each year, WHO highlights a theme to bring awareness to a specific area where urgent action is necessary to reduce preventable harm. This year’s theme is Medication Safety to underscore the need to implement measures that promote safe medication distribution to prevent medication errors and medication-related harm.

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Vie Healthcare

JULY 26, 2023

It’s initiated, not as a preventative or proactive planned thing. 27:11 What we don’t measure doesn’t matter Melissa said healthcare can’t improve unless hospitals ask caregivers about their experience. ‘’I So I mentioned my aunt’s initial encounter with area hospitals and all the emergency rooms she attended.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 14, 2025

Additionally, I believe we will witness even more collaboration as hospitals and health systems turn to digital health solutions for support in delivering mental health care. Knowing that patients may wait a year-plus for a specialist appointment, I cant emphasize enough the importance of two things: preventative care and telemedicine.

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Primary Care Life Sciences Telemedicine Integration 122

Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 29, 2023

Our founder, Joe Kiani, demanded that we call people in office at the local, state, and federal levels to hardwire patient safety; and align incentives so that every hospital puts in place actionable evidence-based incentives. No one should have to endure the loss of a loved one or a catastrophic condition due to a preventable situation.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Hospitals Prevention Doctors 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As we began to examine patients in their home, it was obvious: why do we wait for the patient with congestive heart failure to come to the hospital? If wed been able to pick this up a week earlier, we could have prevented the acute admission to the hospital. It dawned on some of us that home is where the exam room has to be.”

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