HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2025

What You Should Know: – AvaSure, the leader in AI-powered virtual care virtual care solutions, today announced the acquisition of Nurse Disrupted, a nurse-founded virtual nursing platform designed to enhance care delivery across both hospital and home-based settings.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

" When it comes to balancing mission-critical efforts alongside major emergencies, she said, one thing that stands out is the need to operate within the framework of patient safety and regulations even when faced with a generational crisis. "Those things don’t go away!" " she said.

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Bill Of Health

APRIL 22, 2022

In terms of health care practice and patient safety, these underpinning basic, foundational concepts include the need for proper patient communication strategies. The consequences of failures in patient communication can be devastating. By John Tingle and Amanda Cattini. A litigation link? A global service industry.

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Bill Of Health

DECEMBER 24, 2021

In patient safety terms in the NHS England, there have been positives and negatives over the past year to reflect on, and for 2022 there are interesting developments on the horizon. In this post I will discuss a small number of patient safety matters of major impact. This is one of the patient safety negatives of 2021.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 16, 2024

RJ Frasca, VP at Shield Screening The nursing profession is facing an unprecedented crisis, with burnout reaching critical levels due to a severe shortage of nurses. million nurses. Nurses are increasingly advocating for more manageable nurse-to-patient ratios as understaffing continues to strain hospital systems.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The system also allows remote monitoring from a central command centre, nurse stations, and mobile devices. Apollo's regional command centres have also been enabled to remotely assess patients' conditions and recommend further care.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Patients identified as potentially eligible subsequently go through a clinical assessment by a team of nurse navigators to evaluate their clinical suitability for home-based care.” During this time, the medical team assesses the patient’s understanding of the care model and their willingness to receive care in this way.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By detailing these specifications, preference cards help streamline surgical planning, foster improved communication among the operating room (OR) staff, and ultimately enhance patient safety. It ensures that the most relevant, current data informs all decisions made in the OR, promoting patient safety and quality of care.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 2, 2024

The technology’s potential is fueling an array of investments and innovations in everything from cancer diagnosis to AI nurses. With respect to AI nurses, many believe this application is the only way to ease the industry’s staffing shortages. Additionally, the intelligence can reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 31, 2024

1 Despite advances over the past decade and the technology’s power to enhance patient safety and enable greater efficiencies, Andrew Meyer, Director of Global Standards at GS1 US, said many healthcare organizations remain “gun shy” about RFID. “There’s so much you can do.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 28, 2023

" Others, meanwhile, are focused on remote monitoring, secure information exchange, patient engagement, mobile health workforce and training tools. A "BedSense" App provides insights into the needs of memory care and nursing home residents. A platform that enables digital patient communication via mobile devices.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” health system. health system.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Patients will have control over room temperature, lighting and window shades through a pillow speaker. Although seemingly basic, these environmental controls are often unavailable to patients, leading to frequent nurse call button triggers, causing frustration and diverting staff from direct patient care, he noted.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Patient safety is only possible with accurate and comprehensive medical records, and this includes those records available in the active archive. Imagine taking hours to look at a patient’s historical record to see what previous visits were about and what treatments were given. About Dr. Kel Pults. References. Alexandru, A.G.,

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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. In the absence of an automated, structured system, rounding can quickly become an onerous task for already overworked nurses.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

It supports patient engagement with features including telehealth, on-demand patient education, patient information, electronic meal ordering, patient communications and entertainment. "Virtual care is minimising face-to-face contact nursing, therefore reducing exposure risk. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2024

Christine Gall, Chief Nursing Officer at Collette Health What You Should Know: – Collette Health, a provider of virtual patient observation solutions appoints Christine Gall DrPH, MS, BSN, as Chief Nursing Officer.

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Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This database serves as an important resource for patient safety culture improvement. Participation is free and open to all SOPS Nursing Home Survey users, provided the questionnaires are administered in a manner consistent with SOPS guidance and survey data are submitted according to SOPS specifications. nursing homes.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Can you imagine a world in which technology enables physicians and nurses to spend less time in front of a computer and more time with patients? “Many of the technology innovations we’ve implemented at Cleveland Clinic London are improving patient safety and freeing up caregivers to focus on empathy.”

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2024

Ashley Franks, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at TigerConnect Nurses, the backbone of the medical field, have been facing a critical threat: burnout. A worrying 29% of nurses reported feeling like they’re at their wits’ end several times a week or even daily.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

As a Board-Certified Internist and Geriatrician with over 35 years of providing care in nursing facilities, this sentiment has guided me throughout my career. Far too many of our SNFs have become the worst place to be either as a patient/resident or an employee. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. million to 1.35

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Healthcare It News

JULY 28, 2023

Last year, the company launched a proof of concept trial of NEC's Japan-borne digital elderly care system called Mimamori in a nursing home in Chiang Mai. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Coordinated care Patient safety Digital Health Care Quality Care Technology

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Readiness Rounds

JANUARY 20, 2025

Why Nurse Leader Rounding Isnt Boosting Your HCAHPS Scores (and How to Fix It) Prefer to listen? Common Pitfalls in Nurse Leader Rounding Implementation Lack of Structured Processes The absence of standardized protocols often leads to inconsistent practices. Ready to Unlock the Full Potential of Nurse Leader Rounding?

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 1, 2024

From AI-enabled computer vision and generative AI (genAI) workflow tools for nurses , to burnout-reduction tools and patient throughput algorithms , the applications for AI in healthcare are broad and expanding at a rapid pace. Learn more and register.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Otherwise, we risk inefficient clinical decision making, inefficiencies among hospital staff, patient safety risk, and, ultimately, clinical burnout. Critical care nurses often are tasked with caring for their own critical care patients as well as supervising non-critical care nurses to ensure standard levels of care are maintained.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What You Should Know: – Hippocratic AI , a company developing a safety-focused Large Language Model (LLM) for healthcare, announced the launch of its Nurse Advisory Council. Hippocratic AI aims to address this by developing an LLM that supports nurses and allows them to focus on high-impact patient care.

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Beterra

JANUARY 28, 2025

A Visionary Leader in Healthcare Safety and Quality: Jill White of Baptist Health South Florida Few leaders embody the intersection of mastery in safety and quality improvement and heartfelt dedication like Jill White. Her work at Baptist Health South Florida is a masterclass in proactive leadership.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2024

What You Should Know: – WellSpan Health , a leading healthcare system in Pennsylvania, is harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver innovative care solutions that tackle two critical challenges: patient safety and nurse burnout. These gains showcase the potential of Artisight to revolutionize healthcare delivery.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2021

While COVID-19 has exacerbated the shortage of nurses in the US, the shortage precedes the pandemic by decades. Yet, entry-level nursing programs are insufficient to meet the schooling demands for new nurses, especially as they continue losing experienced faculty. The Nursing Shortage “Cognitive Dissonance”.

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Hospital Medicine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When RaDonda Vaught, a registered nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was criminally prosecuted for a medication error, it sent shockwaves through the medical community.

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Patient Safety

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Recently, the nursing team on 3 South at Fox Chase Cancer Center reached the significant milestone of one full year—365 consecutive days—with no patient falls on their unit. Staff were educated on the new patient education form developed by the Fall Prevention Committee.

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Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Selected nursing homes may not have complied with Federal requirements for infection prevention and control and emergency preparedness. Specifically, 28 of the 39 nursing homes had possible deficiencies. OIG) found that 18 of the 39 nursing homes each had 1 possible deficiency related to emergency preparedness.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2025

What You Should Know: – AvaSure, the leader in AI-powered virtual care virtual care solutions, today announced the acquisition of Nurse Disrupted, a nurse-founded virtual nursing platform designed to enhance care delivery across both hospital and home-based settings.

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p3care

MARCH 23, 2021

Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals do not want to indulge in manual paperwork. Enhance patient outcomes. Reduce patient safety hazards. Credentialing in healthcare is a way to increase patient volume because, with a good reputation, you get more opportunities.

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Susan E. Mazer, Ph.D

MARCH 17, 2017

I have always wondered why patient safety is talked about by itself. As if all other procedures, policies, and practices are not about safety. And why should patient safety be separate from the patient experience? For staff, patient safety is a lot like playing in tune for a musician.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

What You Should Know: – Vitalchat , a provider of AI-powered ambient solutions for in-patient virtual nursing and procedural telehealth raises $6M in Series A funding led by Green Harvest Capital Industries (GHC Industries), with participation from other investors.

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