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Six Key Trends Emerging in Non-Acute Care
Skilled nursing, post-acute care, non-acute care, home health, rehab, care continuum, continuum of care, hospice, healthcare human resources
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Organizational Goal Setting in Healthcare: Best Practices
Goal setting is one of the most important activities for any healthcare organization and one of the examples of smart goals in healthcare, from HealthStream.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Best Practices for Establishing a Centralized Verification Office: The Experience of Our Lady Health System
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is a five-hospital system in Louisiana with five employed medical groups and a clinically integrated network. Here are six best practices to guide an effort to centralize credentialing across a multi-facility system.
April 14th, 2021
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Overcoming the Challenges of Fragmented Care
The United States healthcare system has grown increasingly fragmented. Those afflicted by chronic conditions may attend unnecessary appointments, receive confusing and contradictory advice from their doctors, struggle to get to the doctor’s office, and despair at exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Ways Healthcare Analytics Can Improve Patient Care
Healthcare analytics has the potential to improve healthcare in ways we are only beginning to realize. Here are some of them that are already becoming reality.
April 14th, 2021
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New Healthcare Roles Are Emerging to Meet Changing Care Needs
As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.
April 14th, 2021
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Six Reasons to Prioritize Employee Recognition Over Rewards in Healthcare
Effective recognition occurs when an employee receives authentic feedback from a peer, manager and/or leader as to how his/her actions impacted team objectives or the organization’s purpose. Here are six reasons to prioritize employee recognition over rewards in healthcare.
April 14th, 2021
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New OSHA Compliance: Training Healthcare Staff on Hazardous Chemicals
To better protect workers from hazardous chemicals, the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA has revised its Hazard Communication Standard to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). While the original Hazard Communication Standard, HCS 1983, was commonly referred to as the “Employee Right to Know,” the revised standard now provides for the “Employee Right to Understand.”
April 14th, 2021
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Addressing Challenges in Medical Billing
While much of healthcare is in flux, the importance of helping patients to understand their financial responsibilities remains constant. Effective communication strategies and processes remain the best way to optimize revenue cycle and collections.
April 13th, 2021
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How to Get and Give the Most from Hourly Rounding
Whereas purposeful rounding was a mechanical process in its early days, typically relying on rigid requirements and a strict set of questions, nurses have recently become more practical and flexible in achieving it, leading to a potential for greater success and better outcomes.
April 13th, 2021
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Exploring the Pros and Cons of Nurse Residency Programs
Nurse residency programs present both opportunities and challenges for new nurses, and so should be studied thoroughly to see if the program, and the provider, is the right fit. This blog post focuses on nurse residency program pros and cons.
April 13th, 2021
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How To Improve Transitional Care Communication
Care transitions from hospital stays to home or other care facilities increase the risk of healthcare mishaps, serious issues, and even adverse events. Here are some ways to avoid potential miscommunication and the ill impacts it can have.
April 13th, 2021
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Four Core Elements to Incorporate into an Emergency Preparedness Plan
James Paturas details the four core elements required of a CMS Emergency Preparedness Program—risk assessment and planning, policies and procedures, communication plan, and training and testing.
April 13th, 2021
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Improving Healthcare Compliance Through Education and Training
HCCS has helped us propel our compliance training and other online education programs into the 21st century,” Kay says. “I’ve seen enough of the other courses to know that if you do compliance training online, HCCS does it better than anyone else.”
April 13th, 2021
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Healthcare Leader Rounding with a Purpose: Collecting and Sharing Information
Leader rounds should not be done merely as a way to follow protocol; they should be done with a purpose. Leaders should perform rounds to collect actionable information from patients and staff and to promote a “people-centered” culture across the organization.
April 13th, 2021
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Five Steps for Teaching Each Clinical Judgment Competency for Nursing
Teaching a clinical judgment competency for nursing students and new nurses is far more effective if you use an overall process that is systematic and formalized. Caputi offers five useful steps to teach individual clinical judgment competencies
April 13th, 2021
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Four Social Media Security Risks for Healthcare
Social media involves constantly changing security risks that hospitals need to be aware of, according to Tom Pendergast, Ph.D., Chief Strategist at MediaPRO, an e-learning development company.
April 13th, 2021
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Hiring the Right People in Healthcare
Turnover and retention are a growing problem for organizations across the continuum of care. Increased volume demands on our healthcare system mean that organizations cannot afford to waste time hiring the wrong people. Two of our partners, Assess Systems and NurseCompetency, help care organizations improve their hiring processes and identify and assess better potential candidates.
April 13th, 2021
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Defining and Experiencing Good Nursing Leadership
A good nursing leader has the ability to positively influence others because they lead by example. The standards and expectations set for their staff are the same they have set for themselves.
April 12th, 2021
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Sample Questions for Nurse Peer-Interviews
A good peer interview nursing team will deploy a series of questions designed to learn about a candidate’s mental, emotional and physical state, helping them find the best fit for their unique situation.