Accepted Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

Piraino also discusses the role of secondary essays in evaluating applicants and explores why teamwork, resilience, and cultural awareness are important in the admissions process. Show Notes: Our guest today is Dr. Beth Perino, Associate Dean for admissions at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Well, thank you.

Medication

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 9, 2025

With so little time available to dedicate to each patient, and even less time to stay up to date on all the latest research and treatment options, clinicians can benefit tremendously from using AI in care planning and clinical decision making. Since chronic condition treatment and management now accounts for as much as 90% of U.S.

Follow-Up

Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Care transitions, such as pre- and post-admissions and pre- and post-surgery, are pivotal points for ensuring adherence to the care plan and improved outcomes.

Admissions

Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Under the new CoPs, if therapy services establish home health eligibility, OT is included in the care plan, and no skilled nursing care is designated, the start of care visit can be done by an OT instead of having to wait for a nurse, PT, or SLP to be available.

Care Plan

The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The components of this transformation include a much greater use of CNMs for normal pregnancies, who provide far more pre- and post-natal care, and who have demonstrable effects on early inductions of labor, c-section rates, and downstream rates of NICU admissions. This is not a picayune academic point.

Transfers

EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

This can involve optimizing care plans for specific DRGs, which can lead to reduced lengths of stay and improved quality of care. Early in the stay – sometimes within minutes of the admission – we assign a “working DRG” to the encounter. This can lead to more efficient use of staff, equipment, and beds.

Hospital

The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The diet is associated with many complications that often lead to hospital admissions for dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, and hypoglycemia. While a keto diet may help people lose weight in the short term, studies show that weight loss is rarely sustained over the long run and may be detrimental to overhaul health.

Medication

Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. With the shift to value-based care and risk adjustment models, there’s a need for coding that gives a complete clinical picture of the patient. Fraudulent Coding or Overreporting. “We

Documentation

Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. With the shift to value-based care and risk adjustment models, there’s a need for coding that gives a complete clinical picture of the patient. Fraudulent Coding or Overreporting. “We

Documentation

Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

By doing so, you create an environment where the team can develop care plans that improve healing rates and lower incidence rates. When even one nurse becomes a specialist in wound care , that informed clinician can spread specialized knowledge throughout the care team.

Documentation

Sensible Medicine

JULY 5, 2023

Inappropriate procedures, costly admissions, and unnecessary downstream testing stemmed from incidental findings and unimportant lab abnormalities, many of which originated from a primary care office. Navigating uncertainty with an appropriately calibrated set point is the mark of a skilled primary care physician.

Diagnostics

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By incorporating care coordination practices such as risk assessment, care planning, care transitions, patient education, patient navigation, telehealth, and home visits, care coordination teams can bring in resources to help patients navigate health concerns that span physical, behavioral, and social risk factors and needs.

Care Plan

Prism Career Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

They may also provide end-of-life companionship, or defend the patients desires when questions arise regarding their care plan. This personal touch is what sets hospice care apart from other nursing settings, and what makes it most fulfilling for the individuals who choose this path.

Hospice

Guideway Care

JULY 2, 2024

Early identification allows for proactive management of their conditions, reducing hospital admissions and improving overall health outcomes. Addressing Patients With Immediate Care Needs After identifying high-risk patients, addressing those needing immediate care is essential.

Care Plan

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The positive finding in this research is that one-third of people dealing with at least one chronic condition sought health care through virtual means, telehealth, in the pandemic.

Hospital

Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. Patients’ names also wouldn’t be disclosed to the state.

Hospital

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The compliance date for the CMS rule was July 1, 2021. The final interoperability and information blocking rules do not amend HIPAA or the HITECH Act, although they are related.

HIPAA

Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

T-minus 0: Share and Learn Launch 9 Supporters Handout Reminder for Launch 9 Supports Resources for Super Users and Area Trainers on Launch 9 Support Issues FAQ Do I use a Recommendation or Referral to send a patient to an allied health provider?

Discharges