Hospice News

AUGUST 25, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2024 updates to the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) model: care coordination, managing health equity-related risks and social determinants of health.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 2, 2025

The field of Nursing continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in technology, shifting healthcare needs, and a focus on specialized patient care. As we look toward 2025, certain Nursing specialties stand out for their growth potential, earning opportunities, and capacity to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

By implementing advanced EHR systems and telemedicine solutions, the programme is improving patient care and operational efficiency (Department of Health and Social Care, 2022). One critical lesson is the importance of a robust and integrated digital infrastructure that ensures seamless data flow across healthcare providers.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Many of our graduates in the program have gone on to be clinical preceptors, clinical supervisors, patient care coordination coordinators, wound care specialists, and all those types of different positions within our organization,” Linscheid told Hospice News.

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AlayaCare

APRIL 18, 2023

One of the greatest pain points in assuring an agency’s workforce is optimally deployed is scheduling and matching care givers to clients in the most efficient and optimized manner possible.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

“It’s almost as if two pieces aren’t talking to each other on inpatient care,” Gurian said. You take on more risk for oversight for providing it, but you don’t get the same force of consequences for not doing this level of patient care.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Utilizing technology in their staffing processes can aid hospices in better care coordination, reduce unnecessary patient visits, and cut staff travel costs, Teslik added. Other hospices have leveraged remote patient monitoring systems, integrated electronic health records (EHR), and predictive analytics.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2022

Underlying the company’s strategy is a drive to develop solutions designed to support patient care as consumers navigate their way through the health care system. The post-acute technology company WellSky is spreading its wings over new geographies while growing its client base and expanding its product portfolio.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Consequently, many have launched additional business lines that enable them to reach patients sooner as well as capitalize on emerging value-based payment models. Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes, and other facilities received 3.2 million primary care visits in 2016.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2023

And throughout health care, change is certainly in the air, with value-based payment models as key drivers. For one, care coordination is a watchword within the value-based programs. The results will improve the patient experience by lowering the total cost of care and delivering quality outcomes.”

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 4, 2025

To lessen hospital nurses’ administrative burden and give them more time for meaningful patient care, Cedars-Sinai is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) mobile app called Aiva Nurse Assistant. The app allows nurses to use a mobile phone to document patient information in real-time through voice dictation.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 8, 2018

All the information Care Coordinators need is readily available to them, updating instantly and reducing overhead. Solution Since the eReferral information is inputted directly, data-entry processes are eliminated, thereby reducing the chance of error.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 17, 2024

“I became the first Stroke and Chest Pain Coordinator for LVH–Hazleton, a brand-new role for the hospital,” says Scatton. Returning to Her Roots When a patient care coordinator role became available on the fifth-floor medical-surgical telemetry unit, Scatton knew it was her calling.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Hospices and other post-acute health care providers lag behind hospitals and ambulatory settings when it comes to electronic health record (EMR) interoperability. Interoperable technology is designed in part to improve care coordination, transitions of care and administrative functions like quality reporting.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their frontline experience provides invaluable insights into patient care, workflow efficiency and the overall functioning of our healthcare system. Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care.

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 19, 2023

Although technology could never replace compassion and human interaction, it can significantly improve and streamline processes and procedures to ensure patients receive the best quality care. Healthcare technologies can make patient care better, easier, and more efficient, especially with a large patient load.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 26, 2024

As a nurse manager, I am responsible for the unit’s overall operational needs, which include, but are not limited to, interviewing, hiring, performance management, patient safety/patient care initiatives, overall team engagement, patient experience initiatives, process improvement projects, and all other business-related needs.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 25, 2023

But researchers say COVID-19 did contribute to a decline in one pivotal category: designating a nurse and physician – ideally both – as pediatric emergency care coordinators. “This is especially positive given EDs were navigating the pandemic at the time of the survey.” EDs reporting physician and nurse PECCs decreased to 28.5%

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A telehealth nurse may staff a patient advice line, perform care coordination functions, or help patients manage their medications and other aspects of their healthcare. Not all telenursing jobs can be done from the comfort of your home while wearing pajamas, but the possibility is there in some cases.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Because Nurses are at the forefront of every patient interaction, there are many things that we wish our patients knew and understood about how we work and handle our everyday tasks. Every Patient is a Priority, but You May Have to Wait. Our days are jam-packed with patient care tasks, documentation, and care coordination.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

Another key aspect is care coordination and collaboration. Whether it’s clarifying steps, asking questions or sending updates, the ability to communicate across the care team is a fundamental feature of the solutions we’re committed to providing.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

Any time you’re going to bring a technology platform into your organization, it has to serve a purpose with the end goal being improved patient care. King: The need at the end of the day would be to improve patient care or at the very least, help the organization to allot its resources in such a way to do that.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Now, as a product manager, I channel these experiences towards improving outcomes during the most critical moments of patients’ lives, an aspect of care often overlooked despite its importance. My commitment extends beyond individual patient care to working with organizations to make a larger impact on improving outcomes.

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CareAcademy Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A world where AI seamlessly integrates into caregiver training, offering personalized learning, real-time decision support, and insights that enhance patient care. Imagine a world where every caregiver has instant access to the knowledge and support they needwhenever and wherever they need it.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

In our discipline of palliative care, understanding the unique needs and characteristics of the population is essential for providing effective and high-quality care. By addressing these dimensions, clinicians enhance the quality of care and the overall well-being of patients. Hayes, Douglas McCarthy, David C.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Gillingham states, “Nurse case management is a specialty that ensures patients receive the quality care and services they need in a cost-effective manner. Case managers act as patient advocates, problem-solvers, and care coordinators across the healthcare continuum.”

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For almost 40 years as the Director of Nursing for Throughput Operations at Montefiore Health System in New York, Elodia Mercier, RNC, MS, has been advancing patient care and creating and defining new roles for fellow nurses and other providers. After consecutive years of consistently meeting high Press Ganey (patient.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Magnet recognition is an important designation that validates nursing contributions and commitment to providing quality patient care through innovation. Focus on improving outcomes based on research: The healthcare industry is trained to engage in data-based care practices. Building and leading nursing practices is no different.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

If these flexibilities are set to expire, which we strongly oppose, it is essential that hospices are given sufficient time to adjust operations and avoid disruptions in patient care, Summers said. Losing F2F recertification flexibility would complicate efforts to maintain continuity of care for patients in remote or underserved areas.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

The organization also provides community education and bereavement services, and offers a Pet Peace of Mind program, which provides financial resources and volunteer pet care assistance to hospice patients, as well as assistance rehoming companion animals as needed.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, for instance, has a team of palliative care providers “embedded” into its oncology clinic and ALS Center, according to David Wu, the program’s director. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s really a significant investment that we’ve made and innovation in how we care for staff with personal days, recognition, we have a fleet car program, all the things that we can do to make this the most desirable place to work in our communities. One of our team members helped us develop our patient care coordination app.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

When I was 17, I got my first job in healthcare as a patient transporter, and then I worked my way up. Then I also worked as a patient care tech in the neuro ICU during nursing school. First, I worked as a surgical assistant in surgery, cleaning up all the rooms and sterilizing them before and after procedures.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

We call nurses the lifeblood of healthcare, and they're also the connective tissue and the veritable mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses of the delivery of patient care. Ask most members of the public, the media, and even legislative bodies, and they'll tell you that nurses take care of sick people in hospitals.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 14, 2020

Here’s the story, as told by Joan Alford, RN, Hope’s former patient care coordinator: We had received a donation of a hot-air balloon ride from the City of Livermore’s Centennial Celebration. Our “Balloon Lady” was ecstatic and asked me to go along with her.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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