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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

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. On April 18, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule (CMS-1771-P) that provides updates to the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Long-Term Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program (LTCH QRP).

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

HIT Consultant

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. ONC is tasked with implementing the Cures Act Final Rule. .

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Newsletter, March 2024

Patient Safety Movement

” Joe Kiani, Founder Patient Safety Movement Foundation Letter from CEO In a world of multiple wars, starvation, poverty, and limited healthcare access, it is always uplifting to see a breakthrough in medical research. 1 Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States in adults. Stay safe and stay well.

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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

Today, 61% of healthcare data breaches are due to negligent employees. Healthcare administration is hard enough as it is. Healthcare Before HIPAA Why Do We Need HIPAA? Every healthcare worker and covered entity must protect this information. Additionally, HIPAA would reduce wastage in the healthcare industry.

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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!