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Collette Health Appoints Christine Gall as Chief Nursing Officer

HIT Consultant

In this pivotal role, Gall will be instrumental in furthering Collette Health’s mission of integrating virtual patient safety solutions to prevent falls and adverse events while enhancing patient outcomes. Throughout her distinguished career, Gall has demonstrated a passion for improving healthcare quality, safety, and outcomes.

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Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems, Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program Requirements

Briggs Healthcare

It would also revise the hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) conditions of participation (CoPs) for infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship programs; and codify and clarify policies related to the costs incurred for qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation plans.

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Pharmacy Interoperability Challenges and Needs Under the 21st Century Cures Act

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The goal was to identify action items and next steps, particularly for integrating and using the data that is embedded in the Pharmacists eCare Plan (PeCP) with providers’ electronic health record (EHR) systems and data exchange mechanisms used by healthcare payers. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. References.

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

Early detection coupled with a healthy diet and exercise could prevent over 90% of deaths caused by this type of cancer. ECRI, the healthcare quality and safety group, named its top 10 patient safety concerns for 2024. 1 Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States in adults.

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Cultivating an Early Warning System in Healthcare Quality Through Bi-Directional Patient-Physician Engagement 

HIT Consultant

Director of Global Strategy at the RWTS Integrated Health Practice at IQVIA. Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care. David Voccola, Sr.

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[ANSWERED] Why Was HIPAA Created?

Etactics

In essence, HIPAA balances the confidentiality, integrity and availability of healthcare information. To improve healthcare quality in the United States. Restore trust in the healthcare system for consumers, professionals, and other organizations. Also to control the inappropriate use of the information.

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Voices: Dr. Monika Virk, MD, Founder of HOP Into Homecare!

Home Health Care

This article is sponsored by HealthCare Quality Consulting. to learn about using structured orientation and continued education to drive improvement in quality, reduce turnover and reduce cost in the home health industry. She explains how this need led to the creation of the HOP Into Homecare!