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Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Driving Practice Change

EvidenceCare

Real-time dashboards can also flag length of stay variance, prompting collaboration to streamline processes and free up capacity for higher-acuity admissions. Incorporating peer benchmarks into stewardship huddles can cut unnecessary therapy days and save significant costs.

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Primary care news round-up (10th July – 16th July 2025)

Practice Index

New evidence for care continuity Continuity of care with GPs is linked to reduced mortality and admissions to hospital, according to a new study. The post Primary care news round-up (10th July – 16th July 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. in General Practice in 2024-25, including £13.6m He is due to meet them today.

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Primary care news round-up (5th to 11th June 2025)

Practice Index

New centres to aid NHS next winter The NHS in England is to open dozens of new centres next winter to try to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. The post Primary care news round-up (5th to 11th June 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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When the System Is Drowning You—This New Standard from the AACN May Be a LifeSaver

Minority Nurse

In the ICU, we operate with strict admission criteria, specific protocols, and staffing ratios designed to match the intensity of the work—one or two patients at most requiring deep surveillance and high-touch care. Fewer admission criteria mean looser ratio limits and clarity around clinical thresholds.

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Friday Reflection 49: The Patients of 12 Reisman

Sensible Medicine

CT died about a week after admission. What currently passes as student mistreatment is laughable One day, just as morning rounds were beginning, my pager sounded with an outside number. Over the course of about a week, she developed hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy, and kidney failure. I slept for the next 16 hours.

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What if it were the other way around: Universities were overwhelmingly conservative and shut down liberal ideas & faculty for years

Sensible Medicine

As the Trump administration exerts maximal pressure on universities and medical centers to comply with its’ demands: eliminate masking on campuses, eliminate DEI, follow merit based admission policies, etc, many have strong feelings, and these divide along political lines. They wear MAGA hats, even on rounds.

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What would happen in a nurse’s perfect world?

Scrubs

Patients would not be repeat offenders (admissions). Physicians would round on their patients all at predicted/scheduled times. Here’s what I would have in my perfect nursing world : I’d never get pulled to work in another unit. Staffing would never be lacking. Patient families would be amicable. Supplies would never run short.