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. Every agency should be doing some form of performance improvement, some form of QAPI,” Griffin says. What we are doing today will affect the 2025 payment.”

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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. He has a track record of delivering results in challenging and high-stakes environments.

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Readiness Rounds

JANUARY 21, 2025

Enhanced Patient Safety: Frequent check-ins help reduce the likelihood of medical errors, falls, or other incidents that could compromise patient safety, fostering a safer hospital environment.

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Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This approach helps reduce findings, improves patient safety, and supports sustainable performance improvement. Why it Works: → This shifts the focus from a "find and fix" approach to a continuous improvement mindset. Headlines: 1. The Tightening Grip of CMS Regulations 2. Key Takeaways 5.

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Readiness Rounds

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These forward-thinking guidelines are set to redefine care for older adults, emphasizing streamlined data collection, enhanced reporting, and performance improvement strategies. One of the most transformative changes ahead is the CMS 2025 Age-Friendly Measures, introduced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Cloud Blogs

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition, the healthcare industry is shifting to value-based care, which links payments to patient outcomes and service quality, equity, and cost. To be reimbursed, providers need to provide metrics tracking their healthcare performance improvements.

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Readiness Rounds

MARCH 28, 2025

4 Quick Fixes to Improve Hospital SecurityAnd How SecureFlow Makes Them Effortless In the wake of another hospital shooting , healthcare leaders are once again confronted with the uncomfortable truth: most hospitals still dont know who is in their building at any given time.

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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.

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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 we commemorate National Patient Safety Week, now is the perfect time to affirm our belief that no matter their background or circumstances, everyone deserves access to high-quality, safe, and equitable care. Michelle Schreiber, MD.,

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Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 28, 2023

Headlines: The Halo Effect: Elevating Patient Satisfaction (HCAHPS) Through Environment 5 Crucial Aspects of a Hospital's Physical Environment #1: Cleanliness: Beyond Aesthetics - A Pillar of Patient Safety #2: Maintenance: A Reflection of Excellence in Patient Care #3.

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Readiness Rounds

JULY 31, 2023

This blog aims to address these uncertainties and provide insights into optimizing the use of patient communication boards. → Are you unsure whether they genuinely contribute to patient safety and enhance the overall patient experience? We would be honored to be a partner in your patient satisfaction improvement journey.

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Home Health Care

MARCH 6, 2023

The Joint Commission is the health care industry’s premier performance improvement organization. Accreditation is a quality-focused market distinction that’s achieved by demonstrating your organization’s performance against a set of industry standards.

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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. 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.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I was traveling, I was doing a lot of performance improvement work, a lot of what you talk about on your podcast. I would work closely with our performance improvement teams. My contract grew from 12 contracts in one city to over 40 contracts across four states in the West.

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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. This is a patient safety issue. Together they discuss the evolving role of nursing in today’s healthcare organizations and its inherent challenges.

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Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

One of the key things in healthcare we’re focused on from a patient safety perspective, of course, is ensuring that an expired supply is not used on a patient for care. creates a more sustainable environment because we’re not over-ordering and we’re not producing waste.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

In addition to funding mobile response services, Connecticut has also established a Mobile Crisis Intervention Services Performance Improvement Center (PIC) to support the collection and analysis of data, implement quality improvement activities, and support providers to enhance their clinical competencies and delivery of MCIS.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2022

Providers are also more likely to make a patient safety error when feeling burnout and will cost a hospital $16,736 per nurse per year in attributed turnover costs, according to a published simulation. Patient flow obstacles can contribute significantly to nurse, physician, and other provider stress in four key areas.

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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. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. High Reliability” Initiative Ensures Consistency Across the Board. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. About Readiness Rounds.

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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. In today’s healthcare marketplace, patients have a choice. High Reliability” Initiative Ensures Consistency Across the Board. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. About Readiness Rounds.

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Patient Safety

JUNE 17, 2021

If I had one superpower it would be to influence patient safety in the same way that Elon Musk can influence cryptocurrency. I would tweet #patientsafety #bestpractices #implementthem and suddenly patient harm—all of it—would plummet within minutes. became Patient Safety’s first international authors.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2022

Providers are also more likely to make a patient safety error when feeling burnout and will cost a hospital $16,736 per nurse per year in attributed turnover costs, according to a published simulation. Patient flow obstacles can contribute significantly to nurse, physician, and other provider stress in four key areas.

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Vie Healthcare

DECEMBER 20, 2023

15:01 The unique challenges of psychological safety in healthcare Tom said the potential for serious consequences makes healthcare unique. ‘’ It is certainly unique. Since 1999, VIE has been a recognized leader in healthcare costs, hospital purchase services, healthcare benchmarking, supply chain management, and performance improvement.

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Readiness Rounds

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Founded in 2008, Readiness Rounds provides a high-reliability performance improvement solution for hospitals and healthcare systems that improves patient safety, quality of care and patient experience. About Readiness Rounds, Creator of Well Screen.

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