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Radial Analytics Raises $3M to Optimize Patient Care Transitions

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Radial Analytics , a Concord, MA-based company optimizing patient care transitions with real-time decision-support solutions for payers and providers, today announced it has raised $3M in funding led by Initialized Capital. Such opportunities to intervene often occur at care transitions.

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Review of 16 Proven Strategies to Improve Patient Satisfaction & Experience eBook

Readiness Rounds

The Negatives Where there is much room for improvement is in the responsiveness of hospital staff (65% average HCAHPS score), communication about medications (61%), the quietness of the hospital environment (62%), and the patient’s care transitions (51%).

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Transitional Care: How Can We Make it Better for Patients?

Healthcare Leadership

Addressing transitional care is important because it is a time when patients are vulnerable. Transitional Care: Moving patients from one care setting to another”, American Journal of Nursing , September 2008, [link] , accessed 24 April 2023. Kansagara D, Chan B, Harmon D, Englander, H.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

Are you unsure whether they genuinely contribute to patient safety and enhance the overall patient experience? Patients can use the boards to express their needs, concerns, enabling healthcare professionals to address them promptly. The 8 Dos of a Successful Patient Communication Board 1.

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What is the Ideal Patient Discharge Experience?

Healthcare Leadership

Since that is the case, healthcare providers should spend more time and energy improving their discharge experiences. Over the past year, I there has been a lot of focus on the front-end patient experience.

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More than a Feeling: Using Research and Data to Drive Home-and Community-Based Services Improvements 

NASHP

They are consequently significantly overrepresented in institutions, such as nursing facilities. They are also less likely to be employed or have a stable home , adequate medical care , and informal supports in the community. They live shorter lives and develop chronic health conditions earlier in life than other Americans.

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How Electronic Health Records Help to Engage Patients and Reduce Errors

Medical GPS

His school nurse can stay up-to-date regarding his medications. His teachers and aids know how to improve his daily educational experience through the information provided through his EHRs. We’re able to log his daily caloric intake through an EHR system.

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