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Executive Leadership Rounds: 9 Steps to Improve HCAHPS + Staff Engagement & Retention

Readiness Rounds

Through meaningful interactions, these rounds encourage open communication, empathy, and accountability, leading to improved staff satisfaction and retention along with a clear and objective understanding of staff improvement priorities. Anecdotes cannot fuel enduring performance enhancement. Make it digitally automated.

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States Build Capacity to Address Maternal Mortality through Policy Innovations

NASHP

from maternal-related causes , with more than 80 percent of these deaths being preventable. Iowa’s Medicaid agency and Bureau of Family Health synthesized their strategic planning goals for improving maternal health outcomes and proposed policies to leadership and partners. Over 800 women die each year in the U.S.

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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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States Advancing Equitable Maternal Health Policy Highlighted at #NASHPCONF22

NASHP

Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report analyzing pregnancy-related deaths from 36 state maternal mortality review committees from 2017-2019. The report found over 84 percent of pregnancy-related deaths to be preventable, with the majority (53 percent) occurring 7-365 days postpartum.

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Improving Patient Experience: 8 Overlooked Fundamentals

Readiness Rounds

While you can't skyrocket one element by 1000%, you can gradually improve 1,000 things by 1%--the popular sentiment from Jan Carlzon. To truly succeed, you need a comprehensive approach that takes into account various aspects of your organization. However, the key is not just in preventing errors but in how you respond when they occur.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Well-coordinated care that anticipates and manages the symptoms and stressors of serious illness can help people with these and other complex conditions reduce pain and suffering , avoid receiving treatment that does not align with their wishes , and prevent overutilization of care. Goals Principles. Help people plan for serious illness; 3.

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