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Trust in Health Care 5 Years After COVID Began – an Edelman Trust Barometer Update

Health Populi

On March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization announced that the coronavirus was deemed a pandemic. ECRI asserts that, “If viral misinformation is the disease, health literacy is part of the cure… When healthcare professionals collaborate with patients, it leads to more informed decision-making and improved health outcomes.”

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Lawmakers target prescription drug advertising, ‘enforcement gaps’ against surprise billing

Medical Economics

The No Surprises Enforcement Act aims to enhance the 2020 No Surprises Act by increasing penalties for non-compliance and closing enforcement gaps. Other legislation, the No Surprises Enforcement Act, would toughen federal actions to ensure patients do not face unexpected medical bills , as outlined in the 2020 No Surprises Act.

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Healthcare’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020: EarlySense

Electronic Health Reporter

EarlySense works to improve patient safety with contact-free, continuous patient monitoring. Its products are designed to give clinicians constant, contact-free access to a patient’s level of motion, heart rate and respiratory rate (the single highest […].

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Is It OK for Internists to Wear Masks Forever?

Sensible Medicine

The parallels to universal precautions, the balance of comfort, communication, and patient safety, and the issues of power in the doctor patient relationship keeps me coming back to the issue. Adam Cifu Subscribe now I think most people agree that, in 2024, if a patient asks his/her doctor to wear a mask the doctor should do it.

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Virtual Health Tech Enables the Continuum of Health from Hospital to Home

Health Populi

We must be mindful that hospitals, health systems and physicians quickly stood up and adopted virtual care, especially telemedicine programs, in March and April 2020. ” The coronavirus and #StayHome mandates were the wild card that changed every normal forecast for telehealth utilization in 2020. .” In 2019, J.D.

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Safety in Health Care Ties Closely to Workforce Well-Being – Updates from Press Ganey and ECRI

Health Populi

The phrase “patient safety” summons up a list of common sources such as medication errors, surgical errors, health care-associated infections, diagnostic errors, among other adverse events and harms people experience in the course of receiving health care. “Safety is the foundation of healthcare.

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Nursing Leadership: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Relias

Key competencies and attributes of nurse leaders include the following: Understands the correlation between a strong team and high levels of patient quality and safety. Encourages feedback and works to solve problems related to patient care, patient safety, budget, and staffing.