Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Dictate any pre-launch admission or transfer notes Launch 9 inpatient facilities are supported for dictation of admission histories, transfer notes, consultation reports and discharge summaries. Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024.

Transfers 40

Transfers Admissions Discharges Hospital 40

Arkenea

JUNE 8, 2025

How many patients were discharged? Prepare a summary of care for patients transferred or referred to another facility. EHs (Eligible hospitals) and CAHs (Critical Access Hospitals) must provide online data under 36 hours post discharge. government provided financial incentives to those who met certain criteria and standards.

Discharges 52

Discharges Vital Signs HIPAA Transfers 52

Connect Care Bytes Blog

JULY 4, 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.

Discharges 40

Discharges Transfers Admissions Medication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Expanded Access to Improved Transition Planning Tools Connect Care provides a set of integrated supports that can help clinicians anticipate and plan for a patient's discharge from hospital. Manual: Transition Planning Manual: Safe Handling Readiness Tip: Discharge Readiness 'Traffic Lights' Demo: Discharge Readiness 'Traffic Lights'

Discharges 40

Discharges Huddles/Rounds Transfers Communication 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

JUNE 20, 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.

Discharges 40

Discharges Transfers 40

The HIPAA Journal

JUNE 12, 2025

Two of the settlements resolve alleged failures to provide an appropriate medical screening examination, and one resolves an alleged failure to accept appropriate transfers. Hospitals with specialized capabilities are obligated to accept transfers from hospitals that lack the capability to treat unstable emergency medical conditions.

Transfers 52

Transfers Discharges Medical History Hospital 52

Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 7, 2025

Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports. DOWNTIME (SmartPhrase) to complete the chart element, indicating that content is available elsewhere in the chart.

Scheduling 40

Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Documentation 40

Sensible Medicine

JULY 11, 2025

He adamantly refused discharge to anywhere other than home. After discussion with his family, he opted to decrease his oxygen to what would be available at home and take medications – opiates, benzodiazepines, and others – to allow him to tolerate the hypoxia so that he could be discharged. We could not.

Discharges 203

Discharges Transfers Tests Hospital 203

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.

Discharges 59

Discharges Transfers Long Term Care Documentation 59

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

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. It can also reduce the workload at the bedside by having remote nurses do admissions, discharges, and answer questions virtually.

Discharges 238

Discharges Patient Satisfaction Transfers Admissions 238

Scrubs

MARCH 9, 2023

Madera Community Hospital is dedicated to continuing services to our patients that are in the hospital and will ensure that they are safely transferred or discharged,” the hospital said in a statement earlier this year.

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Hospital Billing Discharges Transfers 244

Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 7, 2023

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

Communication 78

Communication Discharges Transfers Admissions 78

Guideway Care

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Effective TCM programs include key components such as comprehensive discharge planning, medication reconciliation, and patient education, which collectively enhance patient engagement and outcomes. Initiatives such as Project RED and BOOST augment care transitions by conducting follow-up calls with patients.

Discharges 52

Discharges Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Transfers 52

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. Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 8 prescribers readying for launch May 4, 2024.

Transfers 40

Transfers Admissions Discharges Hospital 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Guide: Patient Movement Guide Guide: Patient Movement Continuing Care Readiness Guide: Home Care and Supportive Living Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers Manual: Readiness Events Contact: connectcare.patientmovement@ahs.ca

Discharges 40

Discharges Transfers Admissions 40

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2023

The hospitalist group testified they were: told they would have to lead emergency codes even though hospitalists do not routinely lead codes; pressured to discharge patients earlier, sometimes before the physicians felt the patients were ready; pressured to round on patients in a particular order thought to be more efficient for the hospital; pressured (..)

Hospital 98

Hospital Discharges Transfers Huddles/Rounds 98

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports. DOWNTIME” (SmartPhrase) to complete the chart element, indicating that content is available elsewhere in the chart.

Scheduling 40

Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Admissions 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Guide: Patient Movement Guide Guide: Patient Movement Continuing Care Readiness Guide: Home Care and Supportive Living Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers Manual: Readiness Events Contact: connectcare.patientmovement@ahs.ca

Long Term Care 40

Long Term Care Admissions Acute Care Discharges 40

Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

HL7 steps in as the ideal solution, useful for transferring electronic data across two or more healthcare systems. ORU transfers surplus data efficiently between systems, thus maintaining continuity in care. It enhances healthcare interoperability and defines the format for the sharing of healthcare information.

Transfers 52

Transfers Discharges Communication Documentation 52

Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports. DOWNTIME” (SmartPhrase) to complete the chart element, indicating that content is available elsewhere in the chart.

Scheduling 40

Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Documentation 40

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Discharged to community. Toilet transferring. Bed transferring. Management of oral medications. This measure also includes two aggregate measures, which are called total normalized composite (TNC) self-care and TNC mobility. TNC measures include the following: TNC Self-Care. TNC Mobility. Dressing upper and lower body.

Acute Care 52

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.

Follow-Up 52

Follow-Up Documentation Discharges Clinical Operations 52

Setting Sights

MAY 7, 2021

Before my eventual transfer to another hospital, 8.5 I will, once discharged from this long hospital admission, be seeking how to better educate and inform both medical colleagues and patients of rarer symptom presentations.

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

When nurses are certified in CPR, their patients exhibit improved outcomes from the time of the event to discharge. Training also helps you stay calm when emergencies happen, and your attitude transfers to your patients, reassuring them amid what can be a terrifying episode.

Certification 59

Certification Discharges Hospital Transfers 59

Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

Failures to follow transfer or discharge requirements. CMS has instructed state survey agencies to prioritize surveys of nursing homes that: Report new COVID-19 cases and have low vaccination rates. Are special-focus facilities. Have a history of: Complaints of abuse or neglect. Infection control issues. Care quality issues.

Acute Care 52

Acute Care Follow-Up Long Term Care Discharges 52

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Requests by individuals to transfer ePHI to a third party will be limited to the ePHI maintained in an EHR. Individuals will be permitted to request their PHI be transferred to a personal health application. The final interoperability and information blocking rules do not amend HIPAA or the HITECH Act, although they are related.

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HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Transfers 126

Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 7, 2025

Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports. DOWNTIME (SmartPhrase) to complete the chart element, indicating that content is available elsewhere in the chart.

Scheduling 40

Scheduling Unit Clerk Discharges Admissions 40