Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

What’s the good news for healthcare revenue cycle managers? Claim denials cause revenue loss at a time when hospitals are facing a serious financial crisis. That leaves hospitals and medical practices to try to get all the denials overturned. Some Medicare Advantage plans are denying authorization for hospitalization.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Indian Health Service (IHS) plays a critical role in providing healthcare to Native American and Alaska Native communities. Understanding available funding opportunities can help tribal healthcare leaders sustain and expand their programs by enabling improvements in access, infrastructure, and healthcare services.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 28, 2022

COVID-19 has disproportionally affected people living in poverty; new immigrants; and those living in healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes), shelters, detention centers, and prisons. The pandemic has also significantly impacted social workers who face hidden mental health consequences.

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Relias

MARCH 7, 2023

Nurses have one of the most in-demand roles in healthcare, and with a 6% projected job growth rate through 2031, the demand for nurses to fill both vacancies and new roles is only increasing. Maximizing nurse recruitment and retention is a challenge nearly every healthcare organization across the country is facing.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2025

In the healthcare sector, consumer experience is even more important than in other industries. Healthcare workers communicate and connect deeply with their consumers not just patients but their families as well. What is NPS in healthcare? Lets start by understanding what does NPS stand for in healthcare.

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Relias

APRIL 27, 2023

The healthcare revenue cycle process is more complex than ever. Healthcare leaders face constant changes in regulations, billing rules, payer requirements, and technology. Gundling, senior Vice President of Professional Practice at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). Clean claims should be a priority.

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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A gap analysis , or gap assessment , is a staple tool of business management that applies to all types of businesses, including healthcare organizations. Perhaps more importantly, healthcare gap analyses can help you pinpoint the areas that will yield the greatest improvement. Hypothetical scenario: slow pandemic recovery.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Insufficient Clinical Documentation or Underreported codes.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We You’ll need ongoing training for your staff to improve your clinical documentation and avoid the following coding disasters. Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Insufficient Clinical Documentation or Underreported codes.

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Social Care

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As social care nurses and colleagues in wider care teams, we are dedicated to maximising good health and wellbeing and, where clinically appropriate, avoiding hospital admissions and supporting timely discharge. Social care can be a strong and effective partner in all three.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2025

Creating a patient satisfaction survey that captures meaningful feedback is essential for any healthcare provider looking to improve their services. In todays healthcare landscape, the patients voice has never been more critical. Using well-crafted healthcare survey questions can provide deep insights into patient experiences.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

When a child is discharged from a children’s psychiatric hospital, they will likely experience a range of emotions and expectations for life after their hospital stay. After discharge from the hospital, there are important factors to keep in mind as your child re-adjusts to family and community life.

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Community Care

APRIL 24, 2025

Interestingly, Lord Kamall pointed to the 2014 joint Home Office and Department of Health review of police powers under the MHA, which showed that 68% of respondents agreed some or all of the sections 135 and 136 powers should be extended to healthcare professionals; paramedics, in particular, supported the change.

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Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

In response, Baroness Merron stated that the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals is indeed unacceptable. The bill does not provide any reforms aimed at addressing the position of children placed on adult mental health wards and those placed in hospitals out of area.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2025

Their report made clear that nurse leaders are critical to meeting the evolving demands of healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic placed extreme stress on healthcare systems, leading to workforce shortages, increased patient complexity, and evolving care models. While progress has been made, there is still much work to do.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2023

N: In my first job at the State Hospital in Illinois, the agency director and my supervisor took me under their wing and taught me many things, including how to conduct a social history, interviews with patients, and how to lead group therapy. The mentor and student(s) will pledge to do their very best to achieve their desire goals.

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Relias

MAY 6, 2025

Imagine this: you walk into a hospital feeling unwell, anxious, and uncertain. Youre met with a long wait time, confusing paperwork, and rushed interactions with healthcare providers. In this article, well break down what patient satisfaction is, why it matters, and how it can impact healthcare providers bottom lines.

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Relias

JULY 2, 2024

Telehealth is a broader term that encompasses the use of technology to deliver healthcare services remotely. These innovative healthcare solutions have the potential to improve access, quality, and efficiency of care for people around the world, especially those who do not currently have adequate healthcare options.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The landscape of obstetric care is evolving rapidly, but not always in ways that benefit healthcare providers. For example: In 2023, A Pennsylvania jury awarded $183 million to the family of a boy born with severe brain injuries due to a delayed C-section at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. What is pre-acute care?

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Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. What is pre-acute care?

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Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. As they consider new ideas to raise patient satisfaction, healthcare leaders must have an understanding of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring system that evaluates these efforts.

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Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Nursing shortage statistics continue to show that the healthcare industry still has an urgent need for nurses. Because of these ongoing trends, healthcare organizations and the nursing community must work collaboratively to find ways to examine the link between the nursing shortage and patient safety.

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Relias

MARCH 9, 2025

As we observe Patient Safety Week, I am excited to bring focus to technology that has been making a difference in healthcare: virtual reality (VR) for infection prevention and control (IPC). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts an HAI every day.

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Relias

OCTOBER 17, 2022

After considering a career change for a couple of years, her mind kept going back to the idea of entering the healthcare profession. One day, she was working her scheduled clinical rotation shift at the hospital when she began having intense contractions. Next step: Serving the healthcare profession more broadly.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Newly licensed nurses transitioning into clinical practice can experience stress, uncertainty, and lack of confidence. During a five-year period, a study of 1,700+ nurses at 13 hospitals were onboarded using a pre-hire behavioral assessment. Highlights. Candidates with scores of 75 or higher experienced 6.5 Summary of Findings.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

When you invest in educating clinicians as wound care specialists, you can put your organization in a stronger business position by: Developing a team with clinical expertise in wound and ostomy care. Reducing the number of hospital- or facility-acquired pressure injuries, which are nonreimbursable.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a philosophy within healthcare organizations that looks to constantly improve upon patient care, staff safety, and organizational processes. Healthcare is “an overworked, understaffed, stressful environment.” ” “Can we do something better?”

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KVC

JULY 16, 2023

This means KVC is outperforming its peers in child welfare and mental health, its peers in healthcare more broadly, and even most for-profit companies across all sectors. As of July 2023, KVC Health Systems ranks High or Above Average in 14 of the 15 categories. In April 2023, the KVC team experienced a big change when St.

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Social Work With Adults

APRIL 3, 2025

Sarah McClinton, The Chief Social Worker for Adults: I am delighted to present this blog from Mark Nicholas , Clinical Director, Social Care Lead and National Head of Profession for Social Care Informatics at NHS England. but healthcare organisations can be slow to recognise the change in workforce composition.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2025

Patient experience trends for 2025 and beyond As healthcare evolves, patient experience remains at the forefront of delivering quality care. Personalized care and tailored engagement : Creating customized healthcare experiences that resonate with individual patients. Regulatory changes : Greater emphasis on patient experience metrics.

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Relias

MARCH 12, 2025

Regulatory drivers and competency standards Compliance with federal and state regulations is a top priority for healthcare organizations. Whether its skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, or home health agencies, regulatory bodies require that healthcare providers demonstrate competency in delivering patient care.

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Relias

MAY 3, 2024

Nurses make the difference in health care Nurses are the backbone of our healthcare system, providing essential services to patients across the continuum of care. They are also agents of change who challenge the status quo, transforming the healthcare system and society.

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Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I recently had the privilege of co-presenting a webinar for the American Hospital Association with two colleagues from Memorial Hermann Health System. Memorial Hermann is the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas and spans 17 hospitals and over 260 care delivery sites with 1.7 million patient encounters per year.

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Relias

DECEMBER 15, 2023

With the significant need for RNs nationally and globally, understanding the qualities of a good nurse is critical for hospitals and health systems aiming to attract and retain the best nursing talent. Many patients enter a hospital or healthcare setting feeling disoriented, confused, and unable to advocate for their own safety.

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Relias

JANUARY 11, 2023

Healthcare organizations in the U.S. Conversely, they observed that the healthcare industry has not benefited from free-market competition because competition has been happening in the wrong places. More healthcare organizations are now tying physician compensation to quality performance metrics, up from 26% in 2016 to 42% in 2021.

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Relias

JANUARY 19, 2024

Every year, healthcare organizations spend billions on regulatory compliance. Despite the increased focus on compliance, only 48% of post-acute care organizations use a learning management system to track staff training, according to the Relias 2023 State of Healthcare Training and Staff Development Report.

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