Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 9, 2025

Helping patients avoid chronic disease can also dramatically improve their quality of life for months or years to come. 4: AI Will Improve Your Patients’ Experience Patients today are tech-savvy and expect their healthcare to be able to keep up with a fast-paced world.

Follow-Up

EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

It is the simplest and most commonly used metric for evaluating patient stays. Unlike GMLOS, ALOS is calculated by adding the total number of stay days for a group of patients and dividing by the number of discharges or admissions. It’s also an average LOS and may not accurately represent individual patient experiences.

Discharges

Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Show Summary Dr. Linton Yee, Associate Dean for Admissions at Duke University School of Medicine joins us to discuss how applicants can earn a spot in this highly competitive program. Dr. Yee walks listeners through the unique curriculum which focuses on integrating basic science and clinical experiences from the first year.

Admissions

Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2020

For example, the organization’s Togetherness Program targeted the loneliness that can be part of older people aging at home; through social workers’ and volunteers’ outreach by telephone and in-person visits, CareMore members had lower emergency room utilization and fewer hospital admissions.

Medical History

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

That’s the secret in the patient engagement sauce that the Montefiore team knows and leverages in its work on safe transitions from hospital to home — to prevent re-admissions and bolster patients’ outcomes and family well-being.

Follow-Up

Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

Patient Satisfaction

The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Anyone who is anybody, from John Halamka at the Mayo Clinic down to the two guys with a dog in a garage building clinical workflows on ChatGPT, thinks they can improve the patient experience and improve outcomes at lower cost using AI. Of course the companies concerned have their own studies, In some cases, several years worth.

Insurance

Modern Technology School

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Because there’s generally no lab time or one-on-one instruction in an online ultrasound class, you’ll miss out on a big part of the patient experience. Our friendly Admissions Advisor is here to answer your questions and ensure you can confidently decide which ultrasound school or class is right for your needs.

Admissions

Health Populi

JULY 29, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: If free is the price of admission for older U.S. Two-thirds of the receptive health-app consumers agree that tech enables them to live healthy lives, yet among the 63% of these people who have a chronic condition, only 20% are using tech to manage their health. Some of the reason is cost.

Admissions

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

The role of HCAHPS in determining reimbursement Since 2012, HCAHPS’ patient satisfaction scores have been pivotal in hospital reimbursement through the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program. Improve your patient satisfaction scores More than ever, a hospital’s success is contingent on its ability to prioritize patient experience.

Patient Satisfaction

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. Over 27 months, Montefiore’s Discharge Lounge received more than 678 patients per month.

Discharges

Physicians Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

The standard of care was hospital admission and surgical ablation of the obstruction to urine flow. The patient was in the hospital for two to three days, wore a catheter for another five to seven days, and resumed normal activities, lifting heavy objects, sports and sexual activity in four to six weeks.

Billing

CollaborateMD

JUNE 18, 2024

Engaged patients participate in their care by working collaboratively with providers to make informed decisions about their treatment. Engaged patients experience better health outcomes, driven by several factors: Engaged patients understand the reasoning behind their treatment, motivating them to continue.

Appointments

Walker Info - Patient Experience

APRIL 4, 2022

For the full story, check out this episode of The CX Leader Podcast with Karen Cernock The CX Leader Podcast Wear Comfortable Shoes Released: November 12, 2019 Board members and other leaders of the hospital system were treated to an immersion experience. Each went through one of four customer journeys.

Follow-Up

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Remember the bulky Holter monitors worn at the waist to gather data about The AT-Patch from ATsens won an honoree award at CES 2021 , transforming the form factor and streamlining the patient experience of collecting electrocardiogram data over time.

Hospital

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In testing the 30 mHealth apps and APIs, Alissa found that 100% of them were vulnerable to Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) attacks resulting in unauthorized access to patients’ full electronic health records, lab results, digital images, and personal data like family history and social security numbers.

HIPAA

Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

These barriers are revealed in research conducted by a team from the University of Michigan (my alma mater) published in JAMA (May 6, 2022), Patient Perspectives on Care Transitions From Hospital to Home.

Hospital

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Emergency care Coordination of emergency care helps ensure that patients who come to the emergency department receive timely, appropriate, and high-quality care and are safely and effectively transitioned to the next level of needed care, whether it is inpatient, outpatient, or home-based.

Care Plan