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How Denver Health Reduced Length of Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide

EvidenceCare

This article outlines exactly how they did it. They often provided data that was delayed by several weeks or aggregated at the service line level, which made it difficult to pinpoint actionable issues or analyze trends in real time by individual provider, DRG, or discharge unit.

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Independent physicians ‘are a viable alternative to hospitals' for patient outcomes, lower health care costs, study says

Medical Economics

They also had more follow-up visits within 14 days of discharge, compared with beneficiaries treated by hospital-affiliated doctors, according to the report. As for patient outcomes, those working with Duly physicians had fewer inpatient days, fewer emergency department visits, and lower all-cause readmission rates.

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Top 4 Service Recovery Strategies for Turning Feedback Into Action

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Similar articles Top 4 Service Recovery Best Practices The Waiting Game: Turning Wait Time into a Positive Patient Experience 1. Relying solely on post-discharge surveys or online reviews means youre reacting too late. Establish clear workflows that outline who receives alerts, who follows up, and how to document resolution efforts.

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What is Automation in Healthcare? A Guide to Streamlining Operations 

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RELATED ARTICLE: How Automation is Revolutionizing Medical Claims Processing Accuracy What is Automation in Healthcare? Automation tools like RPA in healthcare can handle repetitive tasks like data entry and insurance claim processing to free up valuable time and reduce administrative burden. healthcare system, an additional $16.3

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Medicare Advantage or disadvantage? Lawmakers hear about the good, the bad, and the prior authorizations

Medical Economics

Physicians and other clinicians also make up an important stakeholder group in MA. Serving patients, not Wall Street SCAN, the Senior Care Action Network Health Plans , was created in 1977 by “12 angry seniors” fedd up with a fragmented health care system that did not meet their needs, said CEO Sachin Jain, MD, MBA.

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

A subsequent article in BMC Medicine highlighted the dearth of evidence. The title of this article kind of says it all: The authors suggest a depression screening RCT should exclude individuals with known depression, randomize people to screening or no screening, and make the same mental health services available to both groups.

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Nurse Researcher Wants to Change How Providers Think About Health Literacy

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If patients are having trouble following the latest health recommendations, providers can engage with the community to better understand why these problems persist. Yet, every time they would come into the hospital, we would discharge them with the same plan. has a health literacy problem of its own.