Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It represents a compilation of OIG’s past guidance regarding basic compliance practices across a wide spectrum of industries and includes new guidance based upon lessons learned from negotiating and monitoring corporate integrity agreements and from enforcement actions and investigations.

Integration 52

Integration Regulations Medicare Pharmaceuticals 52

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As healthcare continues to digitally transform, integrating health data among various IT stakeholders demands much more collaboration than our predecessors could have imagined. Today, IT’s interaction with key organizational decision-makers is integral to safeguarding patient data, a primary component of delivering quality patient care.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Integration Health Data Regulations 52

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

During the PHE, CMS used a combination of emergency waivers, regulations, and sub-regulatory guidance to offer health care providers the flexibility needed to respond to the pandemic. In addition, CMS expects providers to have integrated practices to address any COVID-19 outbreaks into their normal operations.

Nursing 40

Nursing Patient Safety Regulations Medicaid 40

Icanotes

MARCH 3, 2023

Proper documentation of mental health services is also necessary for compliance with regulations and standards. General Process for Documentation — Intake to Discharge Clinical documentation impacts nearly every aspect of care, including the treatment you and other practitioners provide to your patients.

Prevention 52

Prevention Regulations Accountability Patient Safety 52

HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

Not only was patient safety better protected through virtual monitoring, but Trinity Health was also able to reduce its costs by $23M by avoiding non-reimbursed services for those injuries. At Trinity Health, falls declined from as many as 62 in the second quarter of 2020 to as few as 28 in the third quarter of 2021.

Nursing 98

Nursing Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals 98

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community. States have a range of tools and policy levers at their disposal to build capacity for integrated behavioral health approaches.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2022

When determining which, if any, devices to integrate into trial design and use, sponsors will need to keep a few key aspects in mind. For example, those in drug development rely on therapeutic experts and medical specialists to know specifically which patient safety issues we should be concerned with and how to efficiently monitor each.

Patient Safety 98

Patient Safety Integration Regulations Accountability 98

HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2023

What’s more, patients are begging for better digital experiences – and are frustrated with healthcare’s lack of functionality. Late last year, Redpoint Global found that 80% of patients prefer digital channels to communicate with their healthcare providers. Strict privacy and security regulations must be taken into account.

Urgent Care 98

Urgent Care Patient Safety Primary Care Patient Experience 98

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.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Integration 52

Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In many parts of the world, February is the month for celebrating love. Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. “I believe in persistence.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Healthcare 52

KHN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Any political pressure to rush pharmaceutical companies or lean on federal regulators to prematurely greenlight a vaccine would undermine a system put in place to ensure public safety. The FDA has said any coronavirus vaccine must be at least 50% effective to secure approval from regulators. AstraZeneca’s target is 50%.

Pharmaceuticals 122

Pharmaceuticals Regulations Patient Safety Prevention 122

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 11, 2023

While a few countries have set the stage – Brazil’s DATASUS provides an integrated and open healthcare database, and Israel captures all patient data digitally from birth to death – we predict that the US will emerge as the leader in 2023. Yossi Bahagon, Chairman of Sweetch. Mike Peluso, Chief Technology Officer at Rectangle Health.

Patient Experience 98

Patient Experience Physical Therapy Patient Safety Healthcare 98