HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) warned that many providers will be unable to meet payroll due to financial strain caused by the attack. Preventative Measures to Bolster Resilience The chaos caused by the latest cyberattacks should convince providers that the best time to address security is now.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since CMS standardized it in 2018, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program, or QAPI, has served as a guiding light for home-based care providers. If a provider knows they need to focus on reducing acute-care hospitalizations, for instance, QAPI can help them do so. This makes it a highly effective approach.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 30, 2024

a leading healthcare performance improvement company, has released its latest Pharmacy Market Outlook , projecting a 3.8% Despite their potential for revolutionizing disease prevention and treatment, challenges such as high costs, reimbursement coding, and ultra-low-temperature storage requirements need to be addressed.

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Readiness Rounds

JANUARY 21, 2025

Overcoming the Challenges of Nurse Leader Proactive Rounding: Strategies for Success Hospital are continually seeking effective strategies to elevate patient satisfaction and improve quality outcomes. However, despite their potential, many hospitals find that these initiatives often fall short of expectations.

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 28, 2023

How Patient Satisfaction (HCAHPS) is Impacted by the Hospital’s Physical Environment Patient satisfaction and HCAHPS improvements go far beyond medical expertise or outcome. The hospital environment plays a pivotal role in shaping a patient's (and visitors) experience and overall satisfaction.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This convergence of negative patient experience scores, employee burnout, and lost revenue is, unsurprisingly, keeping hospital and health system leaders up at night. Routine, preventive care is one example of this concept in action. Now it’s time to ask what the patient wants to do. About Vik Krishnan. About Intrado.

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Readiness Rounds

JANUARY 20, 2025

Nurse Leader Rounds: There is a Disconnect Between Intent and Outcome Nurse Leader Rounding (NLR) has long been heralded as a strategic approach to enhance patient satisfaction and boost Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. The lack of real-time feedback mechanisms prevents timely issue resolution.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

The termination of these blanket waivers will have no effect on other blanket waivers that remain in place such as those for hospitals and CAHs. Those blanket waivers remain in effect to assist hospitals and CAHs, among others, in dealing with their response to the surges of COVID-19 cases in the community.

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Readiness Rounds

MAY 29, 2018

Described as the ability to not only endure stress but to quickly respond to and recover from inevitable, unpredictable disruptions , resilience seems to be an ongoing process that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a number of steps to not only prevent trauma but to adjust to or recover from it. A Culture of Safety.

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Readiness Rounds

MAY 29, 2018

Described as the ability to not only endure stress but to quickly respond to and recover from inevitable, unpredictable disruptions , resilience seems to be an ongoing process that requires time and effort and engages people in taking a number of steps to not only prevent trauma but to adjust to or recover from it. A Culture of Safety.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

from maternal-related causes , with more than 80 percent of these deaths being preventable. Iowa is also developing a conceptual model for how alternative payment models can be used to improve maternal health outcomes using quality measures, accountable care organizations, and other methods. Over 800 women die each year in the U.S.

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Readiness Rounds

MAY 15, 2018

In most instances, the five traits are significantly supported by Readiness Rounds methodology and performance improvement (PI) platform. 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.

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Readiness Rounds

MAY 15, 2018

In most instances, the five traits are significantly supported by Readiness Rounds methodology and performance improvement (PI) platform. 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.

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 14, 2023

In hospitals, where patient experience is important and quality of care is non-negotiable, a subtle yet profound practice has emerged as a catalyst for positive change: Executive Leadership Rounds. Unpacking Leadership Rounds: Leadership Rounds is a dynamic practice in hospitals that brings leaders, staff, and together.

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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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Sheppard Health Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) revised and finalized draft guidance first issued on May 3, 2019, for co-location of hospitals with other hospitals or healthcare providers [1] (the “ Finalized Guidance ”). The Finalized Guidance also makes significant changes to the guidelines for staffing.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 15, 2022

Samsung Advances Smart Hospital Experience with New Connected TV and Mobile Digital Health Solutions. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of hospitalization in the VA health care system. Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare Launches. FDB Launches FDB Vela. DeliverHealth Announces Partner Program Launch.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 1, 2022

Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals. Critical Access Hospitals. For more information on Rural Emergency Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation, visit: [link].

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Postpartum care can also include counseling on nutrition, breastfeeding, and other preventive health topics that support maternal and neonatal health. Findings from Infant Death Review Committee reports can help inform action steps to prevent infant deaths and improve health outcomes and may include strategies related to postpartum coverage.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Kelley and Bollens-Lund, 2018. billion on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) per year. Select Measures for Serious Illness Care.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report analyzing pregnancy-related deaths from 36 state maternal mortality review committees from 2017-2019. The report found over 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths to be preventable, with the majority (53 percent) occurring 7-365 days postpartum.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2023

Because registration is limited to 1,000 sites, SNFs are encouraged to coordinate internally to prevent duplicate registrations and to allow as many SNFs as possible to participate. Register HERE. This program is being brought to you at no charge. Registrants will receive an email with information about how to join the session.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

A recent study found that when a patient is admitted to the hospital, harm occurs nearly 24 percent of the time. Another report revealed that nearly 1 in 4 Medicare patients have experienced harm in the hospital. What’s worse, a considerable portion of this is preventable.

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Vie Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Episode Introduction Lisa Miller shares her experience of successful hospital cost savings projects from the past 12 months and looks ahead to 2023. And so whether you’re a hospital who has a marketing team or you’re an entrepreneur or a small business owner, the way that you approach marketing needs to really change.

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Vie Healthcare

AUGUST 23, 2023

20:39 Choosing the right medical device for your patients Clifford explained the key elements hospital leaders should consider in choosing the right medical device. I’ve been exposed to regional hospitals, community clinics, private practices, and even mobile ultrasound firms. That’s a critical early milestone.’’

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Vie Healthcare

JUNE 3, 2022

In Episode 47 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Jim Cagliostro, a Registered Nurse and VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert. 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

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Readiness Rounds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Based on our extensive experience working with various hospitals, we wanted to share the important but often overlooked factors that have a big impact on both patient satisfaction and the overall experience. It's a team effort that involves every department within a hospital. However, it's crucial to see the bigger picture.

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Vie Healthcare

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE Healthcare’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Alexcie Sanchez to learn more about nurse coaches. Utilizing nurse coaches in a hospital benefits everyone. 20:03 Utilizing nurse coaches in a hospital benefits everyone. Episode Introduction. Main Topics.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

The commission was created in the New Hampshire Legislature in 2000 (NH RSA Chapter 12-J), which established the Alcohol Fund, directing a part of proceed from sales of alcohol to prevention, harm reduction treatment, and recovery services. It is operational across 231 hospitals and medical practice sites in the U.S.

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NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

Reach out to state professional and hospital associations. After a hospitalization, a palliative care team worked with Matt to address his physical symptoms and side effects from medications, and helped him manage his stress and anxiety. advance care screening) were performed.

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Vie Healthcare

JUNE 10, 2022

In Episode 48 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Jim Cagliostro, a Registered Nurse and VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert. Lisa shared a personal experience of her daughter’s stay in hospital. ‘‘My Episode Introduction. Show Topics. You got to tell me your story.

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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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Vie Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Be afraid that you weren’t even going to be able to say the thing, be afraid you might stutter or stumble or be prevented from speaking, or you might be humiliated for the way you spoke, or something like that. ” Jim (18:11): So how does an organization, let’s say a hospital or large health system, for example.

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Vie Healthcare

JUNE 24, 2022

In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Joe Cagliostro to discuss the benefits technology offers healthcare. A little while ago, one of our last hospitals in our system to go live with lab specimen barcode scanning. Healthcare informatics can help to bridge that gap.

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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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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

In addition, it is important to build in measurement at the start and to think of state efforts as iterative — moving to tackle new priorities as performance improves. iii] Also, those living in rural areas are more likely to experience a preventable hospitalization. [iv] Joynt Maddox. Laditka JN, Laditka SB, Probst JC.

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Vie Healthcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE Healthcare’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Nate Myers to discuss his experience serving adults with autism. Al explained that when a device fails, hospitals have a responsibility to return it to the manufacturer to obtain warranty credits. ‘’I’m

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