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A Comprehensive Guide to Meaningful Use and EHR

Arkenea

Healthcare facilities and providers can achieve MU by implementing the following steps. How many patients were discharged? The Core Requirements are as Follows 1. Send alerts to patients for follow-ups or preventive care. Prepare a summary of care for patients transferred or referred to another facility.

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Understanding Transitional Care Management in Reducing Readmissions

Guideway Care

By focusing on follow-up care, medication management, and patient education, TCM addresses the primary factors leading to readmissions. Effective TCM programs include key components such as comprehensive discharge planning, medication reconciliation, and patient education, which collectively enhance patient engagement and outcomes.

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A Comprehensive Guide to HL7 Messages

Arkenea

HL7 steps in as the ideal solution, useful for transferring electronic data across two or more healthcare systems. Typically, message events are of the following two forms: Flat Files- HL7 Version 2.4 Typically, message events are of the following two forms: Flat Files- HL7 Version 2.4 What are HL7 Delimiter Characters?

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

Relias

Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care. Discharged to community. TNC measures include the following: TNC Self-Care. Toilet transferring. Bed transferring.

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A Comprehensive Comparison Between HL7 vs. FHIR

Arkenea

These challenges are as follows: A lack of a consistent data model, it is more implied. 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. It also speeds up the data-sharing process.

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The Young, Female Patient: Sexism, Treatment inequalities, and a Breakdown in Trust

Setting Sights

For God’s sake , get UP !” The nurse thrust me up, yanking me off the floor; I was hanging just by the whim of my hollow, spindly armpits. If you don’t eat, you’ll keep ending up on the floor, and quite frankly, I don’t have the time or care for the extra paperwork. the nurse bellowed close into my ear. I felt hideous.

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Nursing Home Compliance: Prepare for Focused Inspections

Relias

OSHA is “focusing on follow-up and monitoring inspections of hospitals and skilled nursing care facilities that OSHA had previously inspected or investigated,” the memo said. CMS outlined steps that state survey agencies should follow to manage the backlog of complaint and recertification surveys. Is it up to date?