Sensible Medicine

JULY 11, 2025

I did most of my inpatient general medicine on the 12 th floor of the Reisman building at Beth Israel Hospital. I remembered the details of all of their hospitalizations. He had been brought to the hospital after his neighbor heard him fall and called 911. He adamantly refused discharge to anywhere other than home.

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Discharges Transfers Tests Hospital 199

Scrubs

MARCH 9, 2023

The Madera Community Hospital in California closed its doors in January after struggling to pay its bills. But a member of the board recently confirmed that the hospital still owes some $2 million to former employees in the form of unused vacation time, sick time, and other compensation time based on the facility’s records.

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Hospital Billing Discharges Transfers 244

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Trinity Health announced it will introduce virtual nursing at its hospitals in Michigan and Ardent Health Services plans to do the same in New Mexico. I believe that our future will continue to incorporate virtual nurses as a way to transfer knowledge from more seasoned nurses to our newer nursing workforce.

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Discharges Patient Satisfaction Transfers Admissions 238

Guideway Care

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Transitional care management (TCM) plays a critical role in reducing hospital readmissions by ensuring patients receive proper care and support as they transition from the hospital to home. By focusing on follow-up care, medication management, and patient education, TCM addresses the primary factors leading to readmissions.

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Discharges Patient Satisfaction Follow-Up Transfers 52

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2023

2] For years the physician group that filed suit (all board-certified hospitalists) had a direct contract with a hospital system. Under that contract, in exchange for a stipend, the group provided around-the-clock hospitalist services several of the system’s local hospitals.

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Hospital Discharges Transfers Huddles/Rounds 98

Connect Care Bytes Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Dictate any pre-launch admission or transfer notes Launch 8 inpatient facilities are supported for dictation of admission histories, transfer notes, consultation reports and discharge summaries. The same applies for Consults performed in the coming week for patients expected to still be in-hospital post-launch.

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Transfers Admissions Discharges Hospital 40

Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

HL7 steps in as the ideal solution, useful for transferring electronic data across two or more healthcare systems. PV1 – Patient Visit: Contains information about the patient’s hospital stay, referred physicians, and locations. Typically, message events are of the following two forms: Flat Files- HL7 Version 2.4

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Transfers Discharges Communication Documentation 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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. Toilet transferring. Bed transferring. Management of oral medications. TNC Mobility.

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Acute Care Transfers Follow-Up Discharges 52

Minority Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

Immediate Access to Clinical Support Virtual nurses regularly assist with tasks that do not require physical proximity to the patient, such as patient-family education, completing admission and discharge tasks, and participating in two-person verification processes.

Admissions 59

Admissions Collaboration Discharges Transfers 59

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. HL7 Messages are used to transfer healthcare data between disparate systems, each sending information about events such as patient admission.

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Documentation Follow-Up Discharges Clinical Operations 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

I had collapsed into a heap on the cold, hospital floor, falling unconscious and suffering a seizure. I tried to make out the quivering outline of another hospital bed opposite me. Age 23, I went through another long eight weeks of my life confined to a hospital bed, all hope at loose end. For God’s sake , get UP !”

Admissions 52

Admissions Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds Hospital 52

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Conclusion Mr. Salzo, transferred to an oncology unit, begins cancer treatment. Alert and anxious, use of accessory muscles of respiration, respiratory distress RR- 32 breaths per minute and labored, BP- 143/88 mm Hg, T- 100.3 and HgB- 7.2 The bedside nurse leader provides him with education about his new diagnosis.

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Triage Collaboration Diagnostics Vital Signs 106

Minority Nurse

APRIL 15, 2024

Ensuring CPR certification means you are on hand with the knowledge to help save a life in or out of the hospital. Hospitals Have the Latest Equipment–We Don’t Need CPR According to The Joint Commission, crash carts with missing or expired items make up the top three list of hospital problems.

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Certification Discharges Hospital Transfers 59

Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

In March, an OSHA memo announced a focused, short-term initiative involving inspections of skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that have prior citations or complaints and treat COVID-19 patients. Failures to follow transfer or discharge requirements. Are special-focus facilities. Infection control issues.

Acute Care 52

Acute Care Follow-Up Long Term Care Discharges 52

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published an interoperability rule in March 2020 that applies to Medicare- and Medicaid-participating short-term acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs).

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HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Transfers 126