Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2023

Healthcare IT News spoke with Autumn Gertz, project manager at the computational epidemiology lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and project manager of the Outbreaks Near Me team, to get answers and a deep dive into the survey results. Are these results surprising or expected? What do people expect from AI in healthcare?

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Healthcare It News

JULY 6, 2022

This led the health system to add telebehavioral health services in its hospitals to both increase access to behavioral health professionals and meet standards of care recommended by the Joint Commission. THE PROBLEM. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

As the financial markets turned south, many institutions saw their investment income stagnate, reducing the support it historically provided to hospitals’ thin operating margins. But growing that revenue will require a new approach to the perennial challenges around patient access and patient flow in perioperative and inpatient settings.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

This is no surprise; electronic health data can improve the speed and quality of care by giving providers easy access to a patient’s medical history, medications, test results, diagnoses, and treatment plans. Additionally, cloud-based CC&C platforms offer data encryption and are HIPAA-compliant to protect patient data.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 4, 2024

Ali Morin, MSN, RN-BC, VP of Nursing Informatics at symplr In the ever-changing landscape of healthcare, where tomorrow’s challenges are unpredictable, the need for strategically staffed and crisis-ready hospitals has never been more crucial.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 17, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-23-19-Hospitals this morning (July 17, 2023). Medicare-certified hospitals have a regulatory obligation to care for patients in a safe setting under the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation at §482.13(c)(2).

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KHN

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable complications.

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Readiness Rounds

APRIL 26, 2018

White Plains Hospital First in the Country To Adopt Innovative System-Wide Platform To Enhance Patient Safety, Experience, and Quality of Care. New Program Takes the Hospital’s Exceptional Care to the Next Level. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.

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Readiness Rounds

APRIL 26, 2018

White Plains Hospital First in the Country To Adopt Innovative System-Wide Platform To Enhance Patient Safety, Experience, and Quality of Care. New Program Takes the Hospital’s Exceptional Care to the Next Level. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 25, 2024

This suite empowers hospitals and health systems to optimize medication guidance for individual patients. It leverages patient-specific data, such as lab results and risk scores, to ensure medication alerts and guidance are only presented when truly relevant to the current clinical scenario.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Within healthcare, burnout may affect bias, individual well-being, patient safety, quality of care, healthcare employee satisfaction and retention, erosion in the healthcare human capital national pool among other key performance indicators. Meaning the list grows.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Pat Linton, the founding CEO of North Hawaii Community Hospital, categorically stated that “The only difference between the patient and the caregiver is acuity.” Well, it means that whoever is standing next to the hospital bed could easily be in the bed in short order. Patient safety is directly linked to nurse burnout.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 8, 2023

filters out unnecessary alarms and alerts healthcare providers only when it detects critical events, thereby enhancing patient safety and improving clinical outcomes. In an interview with HIT Consultant, Mr. Quieter environments allow patients to rest more comfortably, contributing to faster healing and better overall outcomes.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2021

One hospital in Arkansas is offering a $25,000 signing bonus for nurses , while the largest health system in Florida is paying retention bonuses on top of overtime pay — and still needs to supplement with agency hires. . All this increased demand and reduced supply while making the nursing budget line item more costly.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 16, 2022

However, “an app for everything” mentality has significant downsides, namely a complex and disjointed patient experience – and arguably, does not result in better quality of care. An integrated, systems and requirements-driven digital approach will put the whole patient back at the center of the digital ecosystem.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2024

The ransomware strike caused a chain reaction among healthcare providers, where payment systems were disrupted, cash flow halted, and—worst of all—patient safety was put in jeopardy. The American Hospital Association (AHA) warned that many providers will be unable to meet payroll due to financial strain caused by the attack.

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 1, 2023

There were several key changes this year for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation. Along with our Founder, Joe Kiani, we are laser focused on achieving a safer healthcare system, with zero preventable harm—both for patients and clinicians. Aligned Incentives—Payment for quality of care, not volume of care.

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Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 25, 2023

At June’s World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, our CEO Dr. Michael Ramsay shared an optimistic perspective about the progress which can be made in patient safety in the next five years through data transparency and evidence-based medicine. “I The current structure fails patients on a colossal scale.

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Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Joe’s passion for patient safety has been a driving force behind breakthrough developments in medical innovation at the company he founded, Masimo. Research has shown sufficient, high-quality staffing is closely linked to the quality-of-care residents receive. We must protect the safety of our clinicians and staff.

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Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. Patient Safety Leadership Award Recognition Joe Kiani Receives the 2023 Robert L.

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Patient Safety Movement

JUNE 28, 2023

President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, joined us again and demonstrated his strong commitment to patient safety. The event fostered a high-level exchange of ideas and initiatives to improve global patient safety.

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

Don Berwick—one of the original giants in patient safety and a founding member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—gave an inspiring keynote address. First, he recognized the superb healthcare force we have in the US, how dedicated they are, and how frustrated they are by the avoidable harm to patients that is occurring.

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Readiness Rounds

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Well Screen , the entrance management technology used to screen 10 million staff and visitors per year by hospitals and healthcare systems on-site is now available via a mobile application. When healthcare facilities protect people entering their buildings, they also improve their quality of care and patient experience.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This dire situation has created a twofold challenge: the pressing need to recruit new nurses while simultaneously ensuring the intake of top talent to bridge workforce gaps and uphold high standards of patient care and safety. Screening Nurses: Securing Quality Care Hiring competent and reliable nurses is crucial.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2022

. – Through the implementation of Regard’s software, physicians within the TidalHealth network are able to automate electronic health record (EHR) chart reviews and enhance patient safety by ensuring all diagnoses are uncovered. Providers need to focus on the patient and not the technology.

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Readiness Rounds

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How Will CMS 2025 Affect My Hospital? How Can We Improve Quality and Patient Outcomes? What Are the Steps for Integration into Quality Improvement? How Can We Address What Matters to Patients? What’s the Next Step for My Hospital? Table of Contents What Are the CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures?

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

The program is the process by which a home-based care provider measures its quality metrics. If a provider knows they need to focus on reducing acute-care hospitalizations, for instance, QAPI can help them do so. But how will they do it? Quite simply with the right expertise and programs in place.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

Ensuring patient safety is at the heart of the Hippocratic Oath: First, Do No Harm. As the nation’s largest payer for health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mission in our National Quality Strategy includes ensuring everyone is safe when they receive care. Michelle Schreiber, MD.,

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Forty-three percent of the nurses that responded to Hospital IQ ’s recent survey echoed that sentiment. Providing the necessary support is key to achieving high-quality patient care, staff satisfaction, and overall retention, along with increasing an organization’s bottom line.

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Sequence Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Regular follow-ups and reminders ensure patients receive timely and appropriate care, which directly enhances patient satisfaction and reduces hospital readmissions. This comprehensive approach significantly improves the overall patient experience, leading to enhanced health and engagement outcomes.

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Lexis Nexis

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For example, in the provider market we help hospital systems better understand physician splitting behavior and how they can make operational changes to address potential lost revenue. Having SDoH related data on patients and members can help identify patients at risk earlier, to then address disparities in access to care or quality of care.

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Vie Healthcare

JUNE 24, 2022

These benefits include patient safety, Joe’s role in bridging the gap between IT and nursing, virtual resources for novice nurses, and how to encourage staff buy-in. A little while ago, one of our last hospitals in our system to go live with lab specimen barcode scanning. Show Topics. 02:33 The shift to healthcare informatics.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 26, 2022

We are getting people telling us, I went to the hospital, let’s put that in, that’s our clinical outcomes. We have all this great quality, but how do you validate that? Focusing on validating some of that and then I think looking at data in the future is it’s not enough to just pull what are our hospital readmissions?

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s InCK program , led by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brings together partners from Medicaid, behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, Title V, mobile crisis, and more to coordinate care and address the health and social needs of children in five counties.

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Vie Healthcare

JUNE 3, 2022

06:47 Specialized nursing roles lead to better and safer patient care. Jim said that the passion at the heart of nursing can help hospitals to establish effective policies, in addition to better and safer patient care. ‘’I And that’s even before COVID.’’. I’m like, “Oh, well, that makes sense. .”

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Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Make your commitment to ZERO… starting with culture of safety from your executive governing board down to the lowest paid employees.” In medicine, thousands of patients sustain preventable harm, and yet we do not know the actual number, as very little is reported.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2022

There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and health systems and the related burnout experienced when working in high-stress situations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Conversely, a hospital with a burnout-reduction program would spend only $11,592 per nurse per year employed.

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