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Mental Health Crisis in Miscarriage–an Unrepresented Patient Population

The Healthcare Blog

My primary care provider won’t start me on medication because I may want to try to become pregnant again. We send them out of our emergency room doors with discharge paperwork and tend to the next patient waiting in triage. My primary care provider doesn’t know what to do for me, they say I need OB. I can’t make any appointments.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

Teladoc has put protocols in place to identify and report cases, best practices for educating and preparing a health system’s patient population, and the role of virtual care in minimizing exposure to potentially contagious viruses. Q4 – How has the ATA been responding to the coronavirus phenomenon? Clearly, the U.S.

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AI: Patients Included

Health Populi

adults would be uncomfortable if their health care provider relied on AI for their medical care, according to the Pew Research Group. million medical records ). Three in five U.S. The other side of that coin is that only 2 in 5 people thought AI would lead to better patient outcomes. public health, as well.

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How to Get Better Care to More People? Address Burnout, Bridge Insights, Embed Sustainability – the Philips Future Health Index 2024

Health Populi

Least-used yet but most-likely to implement in the next 3 years is automation for workflow prioritization — thing triage for workflow. Over one-third of health care leaders plan to implement automation in the next 3 years for equipment maintenance and monitoring, clinical documentation and notetaking, and medication management.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Aneesah Coates

Minority Nurse

We’re part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, specifically under the Western Psychiatric Hospital umbrella, a national leader in diagnosing, managing, and treating mental health and addictive disorders. And we are located in an urban community setting, so we get consumers with various needs and diagnoses.

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The Importance of Immediate Response

Walker Info - Patient Experience

In the earlier example of key medical equipment not working, the response must come within hours – if not sooner. For more standard situations, a best practice is for the assigned owner to contact the customer within two to five business days. The answer largely depends on the situation.

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Virtual Nurse Jobs and Telehealth: Help More People in More Places

Relias

Virtual nursing is focused on the role, scope, and practice of nurses, who perform tasks such as triage, assessment, care coordination, medication management, chronic disease management, and patient education. These individuals can work for primary care practices, specialty clinics, urgent care centers, or telehealth companies.