Practice Builders

JUNE 8, 2025

Healthcare providers are implementing various AI tools that improve communication and provide a customized experience. Store lab reports, medical records, and all the necessary data about past visits, discharge summaries, and more. Society is increasingly focusing on personalized models of patient care. No information will be lost.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

as more patients get discharged to hospital-for-home and more acute-care workflows that fall on burdened caregivers (that is, family members and friends). Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Many more of these have to do with “technology” and devices (e.g.,

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Northwest Career College

MARCH 16, 2025

With the help of technology, the chances of human error that could be produced during medication discharge and proper dosage for the patient are reduced. This would be valuable to rural communities where a pharmacy is needed. The new automated class of systems can accurately perform tasks related to counting, labeling, and packaging.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

Advancing these efforts, the BPCI Advanced model introduces a consolidated retrospective payment system that addresses services within a 90-day period following discharge or outpatient procedures. Enhanced program results stem from robust teamwork and communication among healthcare providers.

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Relias

JUNE 3, 2025

Healthcare providers are no strangers to service challenges missed appointments, long wait times, communication breakdowns, or billing confusion are part of the everyday operational landscape. Relying solely on post-discharge surveys or online reviews means youre reacting too late.

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Relias

MAY 19, 2025

Healthcare providers are no strangers to service challenges missed appointments, long wait times, communication breakdowns, or billing confusion are part of the everyday operational landscape. Relying solely on post-discharge surveys or online reviews means youre reacting too late.

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Arkenea

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s about enabling different EHR systems to communicate, exchange data, and use the information that has been exchanged. Healthcare providers utilize C-CDAs to send consultation notes, continuity of care documents, discharge summaries, diagnostic imaging reports, and other documents for clinical decision-making.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

JANUARY 20, 2025

Effective communication from providers correlates to stronger adherence to medical advice and treatment plans, especially for patients with chronic conditions. This encompasses both major and minor interactions from provider communication to hospital stays and even parking availability.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Building a Better Health Record (BBHR) As part of our documentation quality improvement initiative , we promote practical ways for clinicians to provide clear and actionable communication at transitions of care. Care teams can customize the planning tools to adjust which discipline "readiness" statuses are tracked.

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CollaborateMD

MARCH 7, 2025

Faster Turnaround Processing Times Automation accelerates processes like discharge planning and procurement of medical supplies. Real-world use case: Automated broadcast communications tools in healthcare can significantly transform how providers interact with patients and manage their care. healthcare system, an additional $16.3

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

They describe a patient who found themselves discharged from a service for failing to attend an appointment, in spite of their efforts to reschedule. The survey found that nearly two-thirds of patients reported at least one administration or communication problem while using NHS services.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 19, 2025

For healthcare providers, IT professionals, and hospital executives, the discharge process is a critical juncture in a patient’s care journey. By Judit Sharon, CEO and founder, OnPage Corporation.

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 7, 2023

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Improving communication across departments is often a key concern when discussing conflict areas in leadership programs. With increasing patient volumes, throughput within a facility can be a major pain point in facilitating timely admissions, discharges, and transfers.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 9, 2023

This led to better management of patients’ pain, and earlier discharge from the ICU. Not Leveraging the Latest Communication Technology In many healthcare settings, outdated communication methods may be getting in nurses’ way when it comes to providing high quality patient care. billion on an annual basis.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In certain cases, nursing homes may discharge or transfer a resident even if the resident does not consent to the discharge or transfer – this is known as an “involuntary discharge” or an “involuntary transfer.” In this case, the resident has the right to appeal the involuntary discharge or transfer. 19 CSR 30-82.050(3).

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Building a Better Health Record (BBHR) As part of our documentation quality improvement initiative , we promote practical ways for clinicians to provide clear and actionable communication at transitions of care. Demo: Discharge Readiness Integrated Planner Manual: Transition Planning

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

A compliance measure calculates the percentage of patients discharged in the appropriate inpatient or observation bed status—a determinant that can result in major financial repercussions if misclassified. The goal for the compliance measure is to have over 95% of discharges compliant.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Improve staff communication. Perhaps not surprisingly, they share a common element — they all depend on good communication practices at the organizational, team, and individual levels. Whether communicating with care team members or directly with patients, using two ways to confirm a patient’s identity must be embedded in your process.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

George tells us about being discharged home after dealing with heart failure in the hospital. He is wearing his BioIntelliSense “BioSticker” which communicates vital sign metrics, used along with Philips remote patient monitoring program. Take George and Audrey.

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Guideway Care

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Key Takeaways Transitional Care Management (TCM) improves care coordination and significantly reduces hospital readmissions through a structured approach that encompasses patient follow-up and communication. Initiatives such as Project RED and BOOST augment care transitions by conducting follow-up calls with patients.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 11, 2023

It’s all about communication. This applies to all professions–communication is key,” says Dr. Margarita David, DNP, MSN, BSN, BA, RN, PCCN, CSN , founder and CEO of Dr. Registered Nurse Success Academy, LLC. But fine-tuning communication skills sometimes gets pushed aside for the immediacy of nursing duties.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In June 2021, Montefiore was evaluating performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient experiences and alleviate flow challenges and decided to open a discharge lounge. The idea of a discharge lounge isn’t new, but being assisted by the clinician with whom patients just bonded is.

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Practice Builders

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Effective communication is the key element of a positive patient experience, from the first point of contact to post-appointment follow-ups. Cultivate a patient-centric communication culture within your practice to establish a strong foundation for patient relationships. Make listening to patients a top priority.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

To succeed in health care, interdisciplinary communication and a collaborative mission of nursing practice can result in better partnerships with hospital leadership. per discharge. Obtaining Magnet status can be expensive for smaller institutions. This translates into an added $1,229,770–$1,263,926 in income per year.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2024

The most important aspects of these care experiences are that providers listen to me, communicate clearly and understandably, followed by taking pain seriously, providing a clear plan of care, and inspiring my confidence in the providers’ abilities. First, this bar chart details the various kinds of experiences with care.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

Building a Better Health Record (BBHR) As part of our documentation quality improvement initiative , we promote practical ways for clinicians to provide clear and actionable communication at transitions of care. Tips for finding a primary care provider can be printed and/or sent for patient use.

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Guideway Care

APRIL 9, 2024

It includes 29 questions covering various aspects of healthcare, such as communication with nurses and doctors, hospital environment, pain management, and discharge information. Also, factors such as pre-hospitalization experiences, post-discharge follow-up, and outpatient care are not included in the HCAHPS survey.

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Guideway Care

AUGUST 31, 2023

Readmission costs to Medicare is reported at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion of that amount spent on avoidable hospital intakes and readmissions after discharge, according to data from the Center for Health Information and Analysis. Multi-visit patients account for more than half of all readmissions in the United States.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Unfortunately, this hinders effective communication across multiple systems. Since healthcare software developers create a new application without collaborating with other application engineering teams, creating custom interfaces meant different languages and communication gaps. Ultimately, it made compatibility impossible.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Data literacy, the ability to comprehensive one’s “numbers” displayed in lab test results and other patient-facing clinical communications. Medical literacy, such as understanding medical instructions following up procedures, lab tests, and inpatient discharges to the home. Financial literacy, especially key to U.S.

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Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Under the first performance year of VBP in 2023, home health agencies will be scored in part on the patient’s perception of their communication and team discussion.” Patient perception of communication and team discussion are two of those five elements. Assessing communication and collaboration.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2019

Underlying that trust-for-health was communication of a value proposition and transparency — the kind of which Amazon, for example, delivers on their ecommerce platform. Why would this be the case? The third bar chart gauges providers’ “consumer convenience initiatives,” on-ramps to retail-facing health services.

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DropStat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It encourages patients to focus on their health status and better communicate their feelings and desired health outcomes to their family members. Health educators should write down the important information A study on patient education found that 5% of patients perished within 18 weeks of receiving low-quality documentation at discharge.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 26, 2022

.” Holistic care is a team approach, he says, and one that brings in a team dynamic that includes physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and support personnel to work together, communicate well , and meet patient needs. The psychosocial needs of patients are important to help heal a body and are also part of a holistic approach.

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Relias

MAY 6, 2025

By asking the right questions, caregivers can meet expectations, manage anxieties, and communicate effectively with patients. The surveys were still post-discharge, though, so they werent getting any information to help the patient during their healthcare journey, and the delay in information kept providers from taking action.

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Relias

AUGUST 8, 2023

Improve communication. PAC training directly impacts the lives of the patient PAC services provide an extra level of assistance for people discharged from acute hospitals. In addition to staff retention, ongoing staff training has the following potential benefits: Improve staff performance Enhance quality. Boost efficiency.

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Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Staff training will ensure your staff is observant, can identify risks, and will promptly communicate problems to the patient’s physician. Your reporting should show that your patients remain alive with no unplanned hospitalizations in the 31 days following discharge from home health services.

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