Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. The lack of tenured nurses creates a risk to quality outcomes. Connectivity is a challenge for some.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 1, 2024

While the concept of the digital front door has been a popular topic in healthcare for some time, telemedicine has the potential to expand its impact beyond simply acquiring new patients or providing a digital entry point for care. What aspects of a hospital's or health system's patient experience can telemedicine touch?

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It’s no secret that the nursing crisis continues to become more dire, impacting health care as a whole – including home health care. But honing in on nurses, and former nurses, when addressing the many challenges the industry is facing may be a way forward. We have to get more people into health care, more nurses.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 17, 2022

Trust is crucial in encouraging the uptake of digital health systems, according to Anne Moen, professor of health informatics and nursing at the faculty of medicine in the University of Oslo. ” Find out more about this topic and more as we reimagine health at the 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition (14-16 June 2022).

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Healthcare Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This relatively easy topic is suitable for a novice writer with 1-2 years of professional web writing experience. It happens through close, collaborative relationships between your subject matter experts (most of whom are key stakeholders, physicians, and nurses) and writers.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 25, 2022

Not only that, but many doctors and nurses are choosing to retire early or leave their professions altogether. Both Alan and I have covered COVID-related topics on our blogs. For a more in-depth look at this topic, I highly recommend reading the blog posts linked above and listening to our podcast in its entirety.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“Private-equity ownership in the health care industry has ballooned, with approximately $750 billion in deals between 2010 and 2020 – in sectors including, but not limited to, physician practices, nursing homes, hospices, home care, autism treatment and travel nursing,” the fact sheet read.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Regulatory headwinds and other industry challenges haven’t stopped Visiting Nurse Health System from beefing up its toolbox and sharpening existing tools. The Atlanta-based Visiting Nurse Health System provides a variety of home-based care services to over 7,000 patients across Atlanta. But we are still assessing what this means.

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Sheppard Health Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

1] If the proposed rule is finalized, CMS estimates that approximately 75% of all nursing homes would have to “strengthen staffing in their facilities” in order to meet the new requirements. [2] Nurse Aide (NA) HPRD (the “2.45 Nurse Aide (NA) HPRD (the “2.45 55 RN hours per resident per day (the “.55 NA HPRD”).

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Although most nursing homes met Federal emergency preparedness requirements, an estimated 77 percent reported challenges with preparedness activities intended to ensure that resident care needs are met during an emergency.

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Healthcare Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As I look back over the topics we have covered, I am floored by the diversity. We have talked about music, food, nursing, physician practices, technology, advocacy, pet therapy, healthcare-as-a-right, and we even had one on healthare related TV shows. He has made many topic suggestions over the years. Rasu Shrestha, MD.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Beginning Spring 2023, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) will provide training and resources to skilled nursing facility staff who care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions.

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Pro CRNA

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

In 2004, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced a bold recommendation that the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) be established as the gateway for entry to practice degree for all advanced practice nurses. The EdD is most applicable for University teaching outside the schools of medicine and nursing.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The objective of Worldwide Pressure Injury Prevention Day is to increase awareness about pressure injury prevention and to educate the public on this topic. For nursing homes. NPIAP has developed an extensive media materials package, appropriate for all healthcare settings and organizations, which is available below. For hospitals.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The sections are: Connecting patients to palliative care Supporting a palliative care workforce Paying for palliative care Each section is comprised of state vignettes that exemplify many of the policy options available to states to address the topic under examination. Palliative care isn’t just an idea, it’s personal.

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Icanotes

MARCH 7, 2024

In your case, you could host online courses about different therapy treatments or psychology topics, such as: Depression. Your membership could also allow members to communicate and connect with other members, helping you build a community of those interested in the topic. You can design your blog and choose your topics as you wish.

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Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As such, Grabowski is in a position to offer insights on a variety of topics that are top of mind for home health care providers, among others. On the flip side, skilled-nursing facilities and home health agencies are paid less in Medicare Advantage. I don’t know that it’s pivoting back to skilled-nursing facilities.

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Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 30, 2022

You may have noticed in yesterday’s news from CMS that there is publicly available guidance training for nursing home providers in the Quality, Safety and Education Portal (QSEP) to explain these updates and changes to regulations and guidance. Today, that training is now available here.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Students are now better able to understand the benefits of online education and are more willing to get a master of advanced nursing online. If you are interested in completing your nursing education online and are slightly hesitant today, we shall look at several advantages of obtaining a nursing degree online. .

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Tammy Ross: I want to start with the fact that I have been a registered nurse for over 30 years. When we’re looking at workforce and workforce development, the key asset right now is our nursing workforce. I think the goal for most people is, “Let me just find more registered nurses. That’s not working now.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JUNE 16, 2023

There are many more details in the paper as well including market failures with respect to private long-term care insurance, the impact of AD on financial decisionmaking, and future research topics on the economics of AD. . …a private insurer may not want to cover an expensive but effective early-stage intervention for AD (e.g.,

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 28, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Examination of Staffing Shortages at US Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic was published in JAMA Network Open on July 27, 2023. Meaning : Findings from this study suggest that staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic placed strain on nursing homes.

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NASHP

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Aging Policy Academy will have the following three policy priority tracks: Home and community-based services Nursing home system reform Direct care workforce States can choose in their application to work on the three topics together and holistically OR states can opt to work on one or more of the topics individually.

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Healthcare Professionals: Be Antibiotics Aware this USAAW: Download new and updated educational materials or order FREE copies via CDC-INFO , including: Nursing Home Effective Communication Toolkit [PDF – 3 Pages]. EST Topic: Dogmas of Antimicrobial Stewardship, featuring Arjun Srinivasan, Emily Spivak, Jesse Sutton.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 10, 2024

DispatchHealth brings to the table medical technicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and emergency medicine doctors who support in the home and remotely. Among the topics discussed: building successful in-home care partnerships.

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Patient Safety

MARCH 17, 2022

Whether to become a nurse, therapist, pharmacist, or physician, students dedicate upwards of 15 years learning their profession, with countless hours spent studying topics like anatomy, pharmacology, and chemistry. But what about empathy?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Clinician Council Composition: Clinicians from diverse healthcare specialties, including physicians, nurses, advanced practitioners, physical therapists, and psychologists. Lois Ritter, EdD, MS, MA, MS-HCA, ATA Research Director: Will support the council’s research, initiatives, and administration. Two-year term for each council member.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 18, 2022

“After decades of exposés, special commissions, and advocacy, the moment has arrived to commit to making the residential nursing home a good place to live (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2022). The horrendous death toll for nursing home residents and staff, 15.4% 2021; Eiken et al., 2021; Eiken et al.,

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Sheppard Health Law

MAY 11, 2023

ICPGs are expected to be published in 2024, and the OIG has announced the first two likely ICPGs will be for Medicare Advantage plans and skilled nursing facilities. Healthcare industry stakeholders are encouraged to incorporate the OIG’s CPG into the implementation and operation of their compliance programs.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

California does cover skilled nursing facility care in its MLTSS program, but most personal care services (in-home supportive services) are provided under FFS. Encouraging the provision of HCBS should lead to more people receiving the services and support they need at home rather than in more costly nursing facilities.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 30, 2024

Research estimates that over 100,000 nurses left the workforce during the pandemic, and many more are expected to retire or quit in the next few years. Although the number of new nurses graduating from school is growing, the volume of workforce entrants is not increasing nearly fast enough to meet the demands of the growing market.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

AI tools can quickly synthesize patient records to provide the most relevant information to nurses and physicians when they need it. When nurses and physicians can dedicate more time to patient care, taking the time to educate the patient and interact with their family members, patients feel the difference.

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Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The instruction provided within this training is meant to assist Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) providers in the coding of the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The course should take approximately 30 minutes to complete, and topics included are listed below. This course can be viewed on-demand anywhere you can access a browser.

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CHQ Healthcare

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Topics included how to effectively use locum tenens, how to increase return on investments with quality staffing, and how to mitigate clinician burnout and improve patient retention. . More on this topic: Click to download PDF. “Patient loyalty has a direct impact on long-term profitability of healthcare systems,” Ms.

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Healthcare Leadership

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This week on #hcldr I want to jump into a topic that is tough to process but must not be looked away from. Telling is the subtitle of the report: How Nursing Homes in the United States Overmedicate People with Dementia. Something we all take for granted, informed consent, is also not often present in nursing homes. Mercaldo, N.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 31, 2022

What You Should Know: – Nurse-1-1 , the first conversational marketing company for healthcare raises $2.3M Nationwide Nurse Work. In 2021, Nurse-1-1 had over 10,000 patient consultations through its partnerships with digital health, at-home testing, and pharma companies.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

State policymakers can play an important role in creating a palliative care workforce, which includes institutions, physicians, nurses, home health agencies, and others. Facilities include nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and others. States have used their full range of policy levers (e.g.,

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