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Thammasat University Hospital taps NEC Thailand to digitise elderly care

Healthcare It News

It will also introduce an alert system that notifies caregivers and patients' relatives in emergency situations, such as a fall or sudden deterioration of the patient's health. Enterprise Taxonomy: Population and Public Health Coordinated care Patient safety Digital Health Care Quality Care Technology

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MIPS 2024: Approved and Unapproved Policies in the Final Rule

p3care

The MIPS 2024 final rule has five new MVPs on the list for healthcare providers. Apart from this, some MVPs have certain modifications. Overall, we have 16 MVPs available (finalized) for PY 2024 reporting.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

“It’s very hard to capture patient safety with the surveillance methods we currently have,” he said. “CMS is committed to ensuring safety and quality of care for hospital patients through a variety of initiatives,” CMS said. Exempted from the evaluation are around 2,000 hospitals.

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

Briggs Healthcare

The new report includes data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). Data for acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) are available in the Antimicrobial Resistance & Patient Safety Portal (AR&PSP). Click here to continue reading…

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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. Chronic physical ailments often take precedent over mental health issues, which can make it easy to overlook them.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

One problem, he added, is “you’re kind of asking hospitals to call out events that are going to have them lose money, so the incentives are really messed up for hospitals to fully disclose” patient injuries. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans.

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

HIT Consultant

Doing so will keep patients safe and ensure facilities can operate with limited threats to data and patient security. Patient Data and Patient Safety. In order to provide quality care and support to patients, skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare firms must prioritize the protection of patient data.