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Reducing Clinical Variation: A Practical Guide for Health System Leaders

EvidenceCare

Behind every excess test, unnecessary admission, or prolonged length of stay lies a variation in practice—often unintentional, sometimes unavoidable, but frequently addressable. It can lead to unnecessary tests, treatments, admissions, and extended hospital stays , all of which inflate costs and introduce potential harm to patients.

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Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Driving Practice Change

EvidenceCare

For example, real-time analytics can reveal when certain tests or procedures exceed local benchmarks. Real-time dashboards can also flag length of stay variance, prompting collaboration to streamline processes and free up capacity for higher-acuity admissions. Feedback should become a conversation starter, not a compliance hammer.

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Is A Health Unit Coordinator Job Hard?

We Care Online

Arranging appointments for tests and procedures. Managing admissions, transfers and discharges. Health Unit Coordinators perform crucial administrative functions in hospitals, clinics, and healthcare facilities, freeing up medical staff to spend more time with patients. Common tasks include: Managing patient records.

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime and Spring Upgrade - Thursday March 13, 2025, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As the Regional Integration Engine will be down, resulting/messages from systems integrated with Connect Care such as WellSky (Transfusion Medicine) and AegisPOC (Point-of-Care Testing) will be queued and automatically update at the end of the outage.

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Friday Reflection 49: The Patients of 12 Reisman

Sensible Medicine

CT died about a week after admission. The neurology consultant recommended a lumbar infusion test to help make the diagnosis and to assess whether the patient would benefit from a ventricular shunt. As the intern, it was my responsibility to perform this test. He adamantly refused discharge to anywhere other than home.

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Preparing for CERT Audits and Practicing Compliant Documentation

EvidenceCare

From understanding the audit requirements to implementing technology for streamlined admission documentation , this article offers actionable strategies to ensure hospitals are well-prepared for the rigorous evaluation process. Think of your documentation as the ironclad defense for your hospital admissions.

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Advice for the New Intern 2.0

Sensible Medicine

Deliberate practice during internship is probably even more important today than it was in the days before duty hour restrictions and admission caps. Whatever else goes on in the hospital, this is a problem that needs to be addressed, if not solved, prior to discharge. To force deliberate practice, concentrate on being proactive.