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PatientBond, Vizient team up for digital behavior change tools

Healthcare It News

Patient engagement SaaS provider PatientBond and healthcare performance improvement and analytics company Vizient are partnering up to provide Vizient member healthcare organizations with digital patient engagement and behavior change programs. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND.

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

Briggs Healthcare

Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals. Critical Access Hospitals. For more information on Rural Emergency Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation, visit: [link].

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End of Life Care with Seung Eli Oh | E. 92

Vie Healthcare

You know, your primary doctor was probably the only doctor in your village who came and came to your home. But now it’s all happening in the hospital. And it’s all done by doctors, which there really isn’t that much training, to be honest. So these conversations we’re having in your house. So it’s much more secular now.

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The Power of the Caregiver-Patient Relationship with Todd Otten, MD and Joshua Judy | E. 93

Vie Healthcare

Episode Introduction In a wide-ranging conversation, Todd and Joshua share their transformative patient-doctor journey, the most important component of the quadruple aim, and why healthcare providers need to ‘’put the keyboard down.’’ It takes months to see your family doctor, and that shouldn’t be the case.’’

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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

A recent study found that when a patient is admitted to the hospital, harm occurs nearly 24 percent of the time. Another report revealed that nearly 1 in 4 Medicare patients have experienced harm in the hospital. Prior to COVID-19, progress was being made to improve patient safety.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

Patient communication boards play a pivotal role in enhancing both patient satisfaction and a hospital's HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score and star rating. Do you ever question the effectiveness of your hospital's communication boards?

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The Critical Role of Clinical Research in Patient Care with Todd Nicklas | E. 84

Vie Healthcare

And the reason I wanted to lead with that or categorize that is because when I was a research nurse for many years in the hospital, you’re working with sometimes doctors that really love the research that you’re doing and are an investigator with that research. And how do we do that in the hospital?”

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