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Professional Development: The Overlooked Solution to Nurse Burnout & Turnover

HIT Consultant

Now is the time for healthcare organizations to look inward and not only seek to remedy these deficits by counteracting existing burnout but to also prevent new staffing challenges as the reverberations of COVID-19 continue to be felt.

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Early detection coupled with a healthy diet and exercise could prevent over 90% of deaths caused by this type of cancer. We thank doctors for their tireless efforts in mitigating negative health outcomes and fostering continuous medical improvement. 1 Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States in adults.

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Newsletter, November 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Four out of five of these pregnancy deaths were considered preventable.2,3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Four in 5 Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the U.S. Are Preventable.”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023. 2,3 We must improve access to good maternity care. Michael A.E. Blanchi, D.W.,

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[ANSWERED] Why Was HIPAA Created?

Etactics

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the federal law that helps protect your health information. The main goal for the HIPAA Privacy Rule (December 20, 2000) is to protect health information without infringing upon providing quality healthcare. To improve healthcare quality in the United States.

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Newsletter, September 2023

Patient Safety Movement

More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors. The PCAST report also draws attention to the fact that medical errors and patient injuries persist at alarmingly high rates despite ongoing efforts to improve quality care on the part of practitioners and their organizations. In Health, Michael A.E.