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CMS Action to Expand Access to Emergency Care Services in Rural Communities  

Briggs Healthcare

CMS has proposed standards for REHs that closely align with the current CAH CoPs in most cases, while taking into account the uniqueness of REHs and statutory requirements. For more information on Rural Emergency Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation, visit: [link].

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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

What’s worse, a considerable portion of this is preventable. Prior to COVID-19, progress was being made to improve patient safety. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, patient safety performance significantly declined. And we hold facilities accountable when they fail to meet those standards.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

Debbie, a grandparent with multiple myeloma, worked with a doctor with palliative care expertise and a palliative care team to address pain and stress – and is now back at work at a job she loves. advance care screening) were performed. Read the full patient stories on the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) website.

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How Nurse Coaches Can Support Healthcare Professionals & Their Health Systems with Alexcie Sanchez | Episode 57

Vie Healthcare

In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE Healthcare’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Alexcie Sanchez to learn more about nurse coaches. They can work at clinics in doctor’s offices, they can work for themselves. They can work at clinics in doctor’s offices, they can work for themselves.

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How Tech Transforms Echo & Medical Devices with Clifford Thornton | E. 82

Vie Healthcare

You got to take that into account.’’ So managers, they need to work around all these kinds of things and take it into account.’’ Cliff (02:56): There’s ample room for improvement in all these areas, and I’m sure you would agree. But in his obituaries, they called him the old school doctor.

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Innovative Cost Savings Ideas For Hospitals In 2023| E. 60

Vie Healthcare

.” And I think that bringing these initiatives all together so you get a complete picture with complete visibility, cohesiveness, understanding what’s going on, and of course that terrible A-word which is accountability, bringing it all together, we’ll have just another level of savings because you just have a complete view.

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Patient Engagement: A Two-Way Relationship with Lonnie Hirsch | E. 77

Vie Healthcare

I’m also big into educating and empowering more people on ways they can live healthier lives and avoid preventable disease. I’m also big into educating and empowering more people on ways they can live healthier lives and avoid preventable disease. So those issues are very important to me and increasingly a priority focus.