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They Deserve Better: Preventing Suicide in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Patient Safety

Suicide in skilled nursing facilities—centers that provide around-the-clock treatment and rehabilitation—is a serious issue. Tony Salvatore, director of Suicide Prevention at Montgomery County Emergency Service, provides insight into the problem and how we can better quantify it, and some simple fixes that can have a big impact.

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How to Prevent Documentation Errors in Healthcare

Icanotes

When done right, providers stay on the same page and get a complete picture of a patient's health to help guide treatment and analyze results. But when errors appear, they can cause significant problems and even risk the patient's safety or privacy. How to Prevent Documentation Errors in Behavioral Health. Free Trial.

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MIPS 2024: Approved and Unapproved Policies in the Final Rule

p3care

Overall, we have 16 MVPs available (finalized) for PY 2024 reporting.

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2023 NOVEMBER — 2022 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report

Briggs Healthcare

progress in preventing several important healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in Acute Care Hospitals (ACHs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the 2022 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Progress Report. The year 2022 showed U.S. Click here to continue reading…

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What COVID-19’s Attack on Healthcare Cybersecurity Taught Us About Its Shortcomings

HIT Consultant

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more. Patient Data and Patient Safety.

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2021 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report Shows Increases in Some HAIs

Briggs Healthcare

In 2021, many hospitals continued to face extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic that may have reduced the implementation of standard infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Address any gaps in prevention practices. difficile infections.

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ICD-11 Updates for 2022

Icanotes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) even says it's outdated from clinical and classification perspectives and is well beyond due for a major update. ICD-11 was built to keep up with advances in science and medicine, ensuring an accurate reflection of our latest understanding of disease treatment, diagnosis and prevention.