The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

Sensor data’s full potential is untapped without frameworks to integrate PGHD into clinical research, care plans, value-based care arrangements, and budget impact models.

Collaboration

The Healthcare Blog

MAY 18, 2025

Dr. Aerts says: This work demonstrates that a photo like a simple selfie contains important information that could help to inform clinical decision-making and care plans for patients and clinicians. When paired with FaceAges insights, the accuracy can go up to about 80%.

Tests

Practice Index

JANUARY 30, 2025

Community care plan stalling The promise of shifting care from hospitals to community settings has already stalled, MPs have alleged. The post Primary care news round-up (24th January to 29th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Researchers interviewed 61 patients and 93 professionals.

Huddles/Rounds

The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

The best way for health plans to change their image from consumer adversaries to advocates is to become “transparent” to the substantial quality and cost variation in the nation’s health care system. The American people do not like the new corporate face of medicine. This is not an image problem.

Hospital

Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2025

Challenge #2 – The Dreaded Last-Minute Cancellation Even after securing a clinical placement, nurse practitioner students face another potential crisis: the last-minute preceptor cancellation, which can derail carefully planned educational journeys with little warning. Missing one rotation can delay an entire course sequence.

Precepting

Medical Economics

JUNE 9, 2025

SHOW MORE Transitioning your medical practice takes careful planning, communication and the right professional support. If approached without a clear plan, succession planning can also be a process fraught with unwanted financial surprises.

Transfers

Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 11, 2025

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here. Note: A camera icon in a post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

Care Plan

Accepted Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

The dialysis nurses, the dietician, and we would meet every month and go over the Care Plan, and it was a very satisfying way to work. Linton Yee Get Accepted to Loyola Stritch Medical School Subscribe links Podcast Feed The post Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education appeared first on Accepted Admissions Blog.

Medication

Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 30, 2025

Thrive) classes Fixed Netcare printing issue New inpatient option to CC multiple test results New "Request for External Sendout Lab Test" consult order Improved PCP attachment links in transition planning tools Exceptional Care Plan tool optimizations Change to availability of endoscopy/bronchoscopy procedure orders Prehabilitation Program referral (..)

Tests

Minority Nurse

MAY 9, 2025

From coordinating complex care plans to leading educational seminars, her work behind the curtain ensures that every patient and nurse is empowered to heal. Concepcions day starts by scrolling through patient wound photossomething she likens to checking her social media feed (though definitely not for the faint of heart).

Hospital

Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

Large managed care plans have been squarely in DOJ’s crosshairs for years, but a late July 2023 Justice Department settlement agreement with one regional healthcare provider’s Medicare Advantage Plan offers a glimpse into an issue health systems and providers with their own managed care plans need to track.

Care Plan

Health Prime

JUNE 6, 2024

Utilization of Alzheimer’s and other Dementia diagnosis codes Effective medical billing for Alzheimer’s and dementia care requires specific diagnosis codes that accurately reflect the patient’s condition and the services provided. Subscribe to the Health Prime blog. You can reach us at sales@hpiinc.com.

Best Practices

Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Read more about how your practice can implement healthy aging strategies in our previous blog How promoting healthy aging can help you improve patient care and increase revenue. Read more about patient loyalty in our blog How to improve patient loyalty to succeed. Subscribe to our Health Prime blog.

Medication

Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Among these events are Amazon’s plan to acquire One Medical , Apple’s publication of the paper, Empowering People to Live a Healthier Day , and other news that, together with these line items, signal a shake-up of American health care as we know it.

Insurance

Valant

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Blog Valant 2024 Key Improvements Learn More

Documentation

Scrubs

APRIL 9, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore how ChatGPT is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by looking at what it can do, who uses it, examples of use cases, challenges faced when implementing it as well as its future implications in the field.

Follow-Up

Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Blog Mastering Automated Reminders for Better Patient Engagement Read More Grow Your Practice Leverage Your EHR To Grow Your Practice Learn More Justifying the Expense of an EHR-Provider Partnership An Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution is essential for private practices.

Documentation

The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

But this is basically what we are doing now when we force Medicaid Managed Care Plans (Plans) to comply with a 1991 Federal Law when they communicate with Medicaid recipients. Call your Senator and ask them to support modernizing how States and Plans communicate with Medicaid recipients. Here’s the problem.

Communication

Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Read more about preventive care for your practice on our blog Unleash the benefits of prioritizing preventive care. Also, offering Chronic Care Management (CCM) to your elderly patients who experience chronic illnesses can help you get added revenue for your practice in your existing patient population.

Patient Care

Minority Nurse

MARCH 22, 2023

As nurses, we see first-hand, time and again, that providing “equal” care to patients is not enough. Care plans must consider the whole person, where they live, their resources, and everything else that affects them when they leave their doctor’s office. Every day I see the impact of individualized, patient-centered care.

Follow-Up

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 15, 2022

This case caught our attention because of its potential impact on plan design and plan administration of its mental health and substance use disorder (collectively “behavioral health”) benefits. Judge Block’s statement is particularly significant in light of health plans’ use of internally developed medical necessity criteria.

Medication

The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The dispiriting results of this study of data convenience will serve only to arm the bean-counters in commercial and Medicaid managed care plans who are all too ready to pounce on any increase in visits with no correlated improvement as a waste of money. This is not a picayune academic point.

Transfers

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In nursing school, you studied and read like a madperson, wrote care plans (sorry to bring that up), learned to apply the nursing process (you may be sorry I brought that up), and turned your non-nurses mind into a nurse’s mind.

Precepting

Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Read more about preventive care for your practice on our blog Unleash the benefits of prioritizing preventive care. Also, offering Chronic Care Management (CCM) to your elderly patients who experience chronic illnesses can help you get added revenue for your practice in your existing patient population.

Patient Care

Valant

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The planners’ clear structure facilitates improved monitoring of patient progress, supporting the growing emphasis on outcome-based care in behavioral health. They can help solo practitioners manage their caseload more effectively, ensuring comprehensive care plans even with limited administrative support.

Documentation

The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Deprescribing may also be necessary when a patient has a change in their health circumstances: a pregnancy, major surgery, or other condition where going off the drug is advisable in their short or long-term care plan. But we shouldn’t forcefully encourage patients dependent on GLP-1s to go off of them simply to save costs.

Medication

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 27, 2024

But those quick fixes usually leave you crashing when you need to be at your sharpest—like when you’re finally sitting down to write that care plan at midnight. Grabbing something from the vending machine or drive-thru is all too easy. “Healthy snacks are expensive.”

Huddles/Rounds

Practice Index

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The MDT implemented a comprehensive care plan involving regular check-ups with a nurse, dietary counselling with a nutritionist, and medication management with a pharmacist. We need to help staff transition into general practice and support every individual recruited to build long and fulfilling primary care careers.”

Communication

Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They handle the entire client experience, from making the family feel at ease to caring for the client to mapping out a care plan. Every home health nurse is a leader each time they walk through the door of a client’s home. They are constantly challenged with innovating and responding to the demands of a given moment.

Follow-Up

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The evaluation will result in a care plan tailored to each patient’s needs and shared with their PCP. Providers will talk with the patient about their assessment, care plan, what they can expect, and the resources to help them in their journey,” Boehm says. Caregivers will be assessed for PICS-family and caregiver burden.

Discharges

Minority Nurse

MAY 20, 2022

A recent study on the efficiency of patient care skills for nursing students in programs that use Shadow Health found that 82% of learners showed an increase in overall efficiency and 68% were better equipped to identify the number of correct care plan components. Make the Transition to Practice Easier.

Critical Thinking

Medical Advantage

MARCH 28, 2024

In this blog, we will explore patient engagement best practices and the top patient engagement tools available. The aim is to empower patients to take an active role in their health, leading to improved medication adherence, care plan compliance, and access to better management of medical bills.

Patient Satisfaction

Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Alongside the general need for hospice nurses and palliative care nurses, these opportunities may include: Palliative nurse practitioners (NPs): Given the disparities in minority palliative care, there must be greater diversity in care leadership roles.

Hospice

Practice Builders

MARCH 28, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how these metrics can help practitioners build a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centric care, promote healthcare equity, and help medical practices deliver the highest quality of care to their patients.

Patient Satisfaction

Valant

APRIL 1, 2024

An EHR migration can sometimes turn into a nightmare despite careful planning. The transition from one electronic health record (EHR) system to another can be fraught with challenges, leading to disruptions in workflow, productivity, and patient care.

Documentation

Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

I also am consulted regarding evidence-based practice and care planning. My role includes staff training, patient education, regulatory compliance, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research. Following my passion and having the support of mentors in finding my way was invaluable.

Certification

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 22, 2024

Nurses can also apply functional medicine principles in their current roles by incorporating holistic assessments, personalized care plans, and lifestyle counseling.” She continues, “ There are many courses and certifications in functional medicine that nurses can take to enhance their practice.

Acute Care