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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 01, 2021

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Surviving the Impending Shakeout in Non-Acute Care

Not every post and non-acute provider that exists in the marketplace today will survive the transition to a pay-for-performance system.

April 01, 2021

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Surviving the Impending Value-based Shakeout in Non-Acute Care

Not every post and non-acute provider that exists in the marketplace today will survive the transition to a pay-for-performance system. Here are some areas where they should be focusing improvement efforts.

April 01, 2021

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Understand and Satisfy the Emergency Preparedness Rule with These Resources

In preparing for a CMS site visit to evaluate Emergency Preparedness Rule compliance, organizations should reference CMS and YNHHS-CEPDR resources.

April 01, 2021

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Solutions for Drug Diversion’s Role in the Opioid Crisis

Most reports on the opioid crisis in America focus on individuals who receive a prescription for an opioid pain killer and then become a victim of opioid dependence. But what about the issue of dependence that occurs within the walls of the hospital, connected to Drug Diversion?

April 01, 2021

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The Looming Nurse Leadership Shortage—Are You Prepared?

The combination of an aging nursing population and not enough new nurses coming in to fill those roles plays a large part in today’s nursing shortage. With this nursing shortage there will come a shortage of nurse leaders.

April 01, 2021

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The Impact of Patient Identification Errors

On average, hospitals have 30% of all claims denied and an average of 35% of these denied claims are attributed to inaccurate patient identification or inaccurate/incomplete patient information.

April 01, 2021

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Prepare for Disruption as Demographic Changes Hit Non-Acute Care

Approximately 10,000 Baby Boomers are reaching the age of 65 every day. Research shows that these Boomers would prefer to age in place which means new and different opportunities will emerge in the post and non-acute markets to meet these needs.

April 01, 2021

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The Opioid Crisis: A U.S. Problem and the Response of Clinicians and CMS

If the amount of opioids prescribed per year were averaged out over each person living in the U.S., everyone would get about a two-week supply. What should clinicians and CMS do?

April 01, 2021

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Effective Training for Millennials May Require Recognition of Generational Differences

As you focus on the workforce training and education needs of Millennials, make sure you don’t leave out other employees whose contributions are equally valuable. Every employee benefits from training tailored to his or her learning preference.

April 01, 2021

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For Nurses Violence Is a Significant Workplace Concern

How can we protect nurses? A frequent answer is simply safety in numbers through adequate staffing, but thoughtful design of the patient care environment is also a key to prevention.

April 01, 2021

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Six Ways Nursing Roles and Expectations Are Changing

More importantly, just increasing the number of nurses isn’t going to be a solution. Healthcare is changing, and we are going to need nurses who can play different roles and have different skillsets.

April 01, 2021

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The U.S. Opioid Crisis: How Bad Is It?

The scientific literature perspective that opioids produced low rates of addiction and were relatively safe has fueled the problem. The tendency to prescribe opioids alongside aggressive marketing approaches has proven to accelerate our nation’s dependency on opioids.

April 01, 2021

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Rapid Mobilization Was Key to Successful Emergency Care after the Las Vegas Shooting

Around 120 ambulances per day pull up to Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV. But even the busiest facility in Nevada couldn’t be fully prepared for what was coming, says Dr. Scherr.

April 01, 2021

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Education and Training Are Vital to Address Medical Coder Staffing Issues

The medical-coding staffing crisis has many causes, and so will require a multifaceted effort to create solutions around the immediate needs as well as preventing future problems.

April 01, 2021

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What’s Next in the Evolution of Interactive Learning in Healthcare?

The healthcare industry is changing how it educates and develops employees to meet varying learning demands and likely workforce shortages. Here we discuss developments in the near future of interactive learning in healthcare.

April 01, 2021

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Six Key Ways to Provide Better Care for Frail Older Adults

One in five hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries is readmitted within 30 days of discharge from an acute care setting at a cost of $2.6 billion annually; three quarters of these readmissions are potentially avoidable. Here are sic recommendations for improving healthcare for frail seniors.

April 01, 2021

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Alignment Is an Essential Foundation for Healthcare Organizations’ Goal Setting

Many organizations fail at vertical and horizontal alignment of goals, leaving employees confused as to what is expected of them, resulting in a lack of engagement in organizational goals and lack of positive outcomes.

April 01, 2021

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Biometrics: Patient Identification is Only the Beginning

While most providers rely on registrars to initiate a search of the MPI to assure positive patient identification, biometric scanning technology exists that can provide a more reliable and much faster approach.

April 01, 2021

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The Real Focus of Healthcare is Moving Outside the Hospital to Outpatient Care

The move to outpatient dominance requires that leaders adopt a new mindset when thinking about how healthcare is delivered. Following are several trends that may help advance your thinking and inform decision-making in your organization.

April 01, 2021

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