Connect Care Bytes Blog

JUNE 27, 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.

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EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Robin Gantea, Executive Director of Utilization Management and Clinical Documentation Integrity from Baptist Health Jacksonville mentioned, “We haven’t seen changes in behavior related to the Two-Midnight Rule. We’re still facing the same types of denials, especially with short stays where payers push back post-discharge.”

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Documentation Admissions Hospital Discharges 130

Connect Care Bytes Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

This issue includes information on: July Optimization (a.k.a.

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Discharges Transfers Admissions Documentation 40

Arkenea

JUNE 23, 2025

Unlike conventional AI models that rely solely on their training data, RAG combines the power of large language models with real time information retrieval from your organization’s specific databases and documents.

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Documentation HIPAA Discharges Medical Coding 52

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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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. All have been enhanced in response to user feedback. A SHS column can be added to Rapid Rounds (and other) patient lists.

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Discharges Huddles/Rounds Transfers Communication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Enhancements to Core Admission and Discharge Navigators Connect Care uses "Navigators" to help prescribers complete complex workflows when key tasks are easy to forget. Core "Admission" and "Discharge" navigators organize review (e.g., orders) and documentation (e.g., problem, medication and allergy validation), action (e.g.,

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Discharges Admissions Documentation Medication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 7, 2025

PRD SRO (the read-only copy of the production environment) will be available during this outage; PRD SRO is accessible from any computer used for documenting in Connect Care regularly. DURING DOWNTIME Check with Unit Clerk/Charge Nurse to confirm processes for ordering, documentation, and patient movement.

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Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Documentation 40

EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

Note: CMS documents how each ICD-10 code can be either a CC or MCC here. They would submit their charges post-discharge and be reimbursed. This is why Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) is so important to ensure documentation accurately reflects a patient’s Severity of Illness (SOI).

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Hospital Discharges Documentation Admissions 130

Arkenea

JUNE 9, 2025

C-CDA C-CDA (Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture) was created by HL7, ONC (Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology), HIE (Integrating the Healthcare Environment), and the Health Story Project. HL7 states that C-CDA provides a library of templates and prescribes their use for specific document types.

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Unit Organization and Environment Documentation Patient Satisfaction Certification 52

EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

GMLOS is calculated by taking the nth root of the product of the length of stay for a series of discharges, where ‘n’ represents the number of discharges. 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.

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Discharges Admissions Patient Satisfaction Hospital 130

Relias

MAY 16, 2025

Patients unplanned returns to the hospital after discharge drive up costs, disrupt recovery, and reflect gaps in care. Under HRRP, hospitals received financial penalties if their readmission rates exceeded the national average a move that drove greater attention to discharge protocols and transitional care.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 23, 2025

No matter how many job boards allow you to create a personal profile with your career details, having your own consistently updated document accurately representing your expertise could not be a smarter way to always be ready for the next opportunity. Instead, you can keep a separate document on hand listing your most important references.

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Precepting Communication Critical Thinking Discharges 52

Relias

MAY 19, 2025

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. Here are four best practices for effective service recovery, enabled by a modern experience management strategy.

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Best Practices Follow-Up Discharges Communication 40

Health Prime

AUGUST 15, 2024

These 2025 ICD-10-CM updates are to be used for discharges and patient encounters from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. These changes will impact medical billing, coding practices, and healthcare administration. Compliance assistance: Guidance on maintaining compliance with regulatory standards and avoiding potential pitfalls.

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Billing Medical Coding Documentation Discharges 105

Relias

JUNE 3, 2025

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. Similar articles Top 4 Service Recovery Best Practices The Waiting Game: Turning Wait Time into a Positive Patient Experience 1.

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Best Practices Follow-Up Discharges Patient Experience 40

EvidenceCare

MAY 29, 2024

Stacey Johnston They have also requested early adoption of Epic’s summarizer programs to assist with discharge summaries. Additionally, they are exploring solutions for computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) that uses AI to help physicians create more accurate and comprehensive clinical documentation.

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Collaboration Documentation Discharges Medical History 130

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

PRD SRO is accessible from any computer used for documenting in Connect Care regularly. What you need to do BEFORE DOWNTIME Complete orders and documentation in the chart before downtime begins. DURING DOWNTIME Check with Unit Clerk/Charge Nurse to confirm processes for ordering, documentation, and patient movement.

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Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Admissions 40

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. primary care network). Connect Care displays PCP attachment information in multiple locations and workflows.

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Discharges Admissions Huddles/Rounds Communication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

The previous issues can still be accessed, via the archive in the Connect Care Manual.

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Discharges Admissions Documentation Tests 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

PRD SRO (the read-only copy of the production environment) will be available during this outage; PRD SRO is accessible from any computer used for documenting in Connect Care regularly. DURING DOWNTIME Check with Unit Clerk/Charge Nurse to confirm processes for ordering, documentation, and patient movement.

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Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Documentation 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

As of April 1, 2024, the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Health Information Management (HIM) Chart Correction team will be able to revise some Connect Care clinical documentation errors on behalf of healthcare providers. Previously, providers were prompted via In Basket messages to do this work. selections within SmartLists).

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Discharges Documentation Admissions 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Reminder that a camera icon in a blog post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Discharges Documentation Tests Medication 40

DrChrono

JANUARY 3, 2023

From admission to discharge and beyond, secure, reliable, and accurate record-keeping is paramount to exceptional continuity of care.

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Discharges Admissions Documentation Medication 40

Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

According to the 2021 Internet of Healthcare Report , 90% of healthcare executives said their organization relies on multiple systems for at least one process, including claims processing and clinical documentation. Read more about selecting the right EHR for your practice on the blog 5 things you need to consider when changing your EHR.

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Discharges Scheduling Admissions Appointments 52

Walker Info - Patient Experience

JANUARY 20, 2025

In addition to direct encounters with doctors and nurses, document additional aspects of the journey like searching for a provider, setting appointments, navigating a healthcare campus, accessing follow-up records, paying a bill, or getting a prescription. No touchpoint is too small for inclusion.

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Patient Experience Patient Satisfaction Hospital Follow-Up 52

Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

ADT ADT (Admit, Discharge, and Transfer) is the most common and widely used HL7 message types because it offers information for events such as patient registrations, admissions, updates, cancellations, patient data merges, discharges, and much more. Such documents are supplemental data for the pillar parent standard.

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Transfers Discharges Communication Documentation 52

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Documentation in the medical record. As part of discharge planning. Document all coordination. At busy agencies, many instances of care coordination occur throughout the day as clinicians go about their jobs — but not all get documented. If it didn’t get documented, it didn’t get done.”.

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DropStat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The importance of nurses educating patients is well known and documented in studies showing that patient education results in greater patient compliance and leads to better health outcomes. Moreover, healthcare is increasingly shifting towards patient- and consumer-centered healthcare.

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Patient Education Discharges Documentation Scheduling 40

Health Prime

JULY 6, 2023

According to the 2021 Internet of Healthcare Report , 90% of healthcare executives said their organization relies on multiple systems for at least one process, including claims processing and clinical documentation. Read more about selecting the right EHR for your practice on the blog 5 things you need to consider when changing your EHR.

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Discharges Scheduling Admissions Appointments 40

Relias

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Every person that touches data that ends up on a claim or aids in the care and documentation process that supports billing and reimbursement, needs to understand they are part of revenue cycle and how they impact the organization’s KPIs,” said Scott. Code and charge accuracy. About Revenue Cycle Coding Strategies.

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Medical Coding Billing Documentation Discharges 52

Prism Career Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They will be relied upon to help patients understand what they need to know after being discharged. They may even need to assist patients when filling out documents. But the job doesn’t stop once the patient leaves the room. Another important aspect of the position is updating patient files and organizing and filing their charts.

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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments. Why should you read the PEPPER? This report can help organizations identify potential overpayments as well as potential underpayments.

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Acute Care Interdisciplinary Team Billing Hospice 52

Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Bear in mind that your rating depends on accurate documentation of your initial assessment of the patient and in your Medicare claims for the care provided. 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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Follow-Up Discharges Admissions Hospital 52

Arkenea

JULY 2, 2024

CDA The HL7 CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) is an XML-based standard that offers a structure or format for sharing clinical data such as progress notes, discharge summaries, and consultation notes. Create a completely new standard that is not hindered by legacy problems.

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Documentation Follow-Up Discharges Clinical Operations 52

Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin September-April Unfortunately, we cannot accept any additional information or materials unless it includes Institutional Action, Felony, Misdemeanor or Military Discharge explanations. These documents will become a part of your file. All relevant documentation must be included in the email.

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Admissions Medication Documentation Follow-Up 52

Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

When patients are well-informed about their health issues and given proper instructions for care after discharge, there is a notable decrease in the rate of returning to the hospital. Advocates play an essential part in this process by providing education and ongoing support for post-discharge procedures.

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