Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In today’s complex healthcare environment, consistently delivering safe, high-quality care is both challenging and necessary. High reliability in healthcare is essential for minimizing errors, improving patient outcomes, and embedding a culture of safety in every aspect of care delivery.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Workplace violence in healthcare settings, especially in acute care environments, is a pressing issue. Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare staff frequently experience physical and verbal aggression from patients, their families, and even colleagues. What is bystander intervention?

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Relias

JANUARY 5, 2023

The American Hospital Association’s (AHA) 2023 Health Care Workforce Scan examined the current state of the healthcare workforce with a deep dive into employment challenges across U.S. The report provided recommendations to address major issues that healthcare organizations will face in the coming year. hospitals and health systems.

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Relias

JULY 4, 2023

In an Ingenius Med survey of healthcare executives, 78% said that effective charge capture was essential to organizational success. Let’s take a look at the dynamics of charge reconciliation for a better understanding of the important role it plays in the healthcare revenue cycle. What is charge reconciliation?

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Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a consumer-driven industry, healthcare organizations must compete to gain new patients and maintain their loyalty. One effective way is to earn high patient satisfaction scores that demonstrate value to customers seeking a trusted healthcare partner.

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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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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 30, 2022

We are not meeting this community with what they need from a mental healthcare perspective; we are failing them the same way we fail almost every group of people in this country when it comes to mental health resources, services and care. But every year I write this post and see these statistics, and I come to the same conclusion.

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Relias

JANUARY 9, 2024

More and more healthcare professionals are turning to microlearning as a way to balance it all. Microlearning is a great way for healthcare professionals to quickly get the information they need when and where they need it,” said Micah Goodman, a product manager for home-based care at Relias. “At What is microlearning?

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Relias

MAY 4, 2023

The healthcare industry faces an intense challenge when it comes to staff retention. will leave the healthcare workforce. In a recent Relias webinar , Cara Silletto, President and Chief Retention Officer at Magnet Culture, shared several strategies to help healthcare organizations improve staff retention.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

What’s the good news for healthcare revenue cycle managers? Processing claims is one of the top contributors to wasted healthcare dollars in the U.S., Sharp HealthCare is forming a committee to implement a Rapid Appeal Response to Denials and Underpayments. Payers are finding ways to underpay valid claims.

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My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Affordable healthcare is suicide prevention. We share resources and phone numbers, making sure people have access to things they need. But suicide prevention looks like so much more than outreach. Stable housing is suicide prevention.

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Nurses and other healthcare staff rely on safe working environments, capable leaders, support for personal well-being, and of course, respect. How can healthcare organizations and leaders achieve these goals by protecting nurse and patient safety congruently?

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Relias

MAY 24, 2023

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Nurses and other healthcare staff rely on safe working environments, capable leaders, support for personal well-being, and of course, respect. How can healthcare organizations and leaders achieve these goals by protecting nurse and patient safety congruently?

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All For Kids

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These areas frequently lack access to quality education, healthcare, and safe recreational spaces. Impact on the Family Families living in poverty face daily challenges in meeting basic needs, including housing, food, healthcare, and education. Financial instability often leads to increased stress and can strain family relationships.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We don’t talk about the need for more equitable healthcare, or calls for more affordable mental health services. We don’t discuss how the mental health stigma persists, and has even worsened in specific areas and communities.

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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 6, 2024

Good nursing leadership improves patient outcomes, reduces medical errors, and improves staff retention — benefiting patients and healthcare organizations. They often have the most direct impact on frontline healthcare workers — yet these middle managers are often overlooked. healthcare and positioning it for advancement.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

As we continue to move forward following the pandemic, continuing to place a premium on training and technology will bolster the behavioral healthcare field’s ability to provide exceptional care in our post-COVID world. Preparing to adapt to changes in the healthcare market. Providing trauma-informed supervision and care.

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Relias

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Healthcare leaders should implement these steps in all hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Below, we explore each phase and highlight essential strategies for healthcare leaders to consider when planning for emergencies.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2024

Clients seeking access to gender-affirming healthcare (including cross-hormone treatment and various surgical procedures) are typically required to get referral letters from mental health professionals. learn tips for advocacy with insurance companies in navigating denials for gender-affirming surgeries.

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It has also been found to have high prevalence in healthcare settings. Moral injury, a term first coined in research on Vietnam veterans and PTSD, describes inner conflict experienced when betraying an inherent moral code in “high stakes” situations.

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 4, 2023

By exploring thoughts about vaccine ambivalence and social barriers, then offering education, social workers can help parents make informed healthcare decisions for their children. Connect to End COVID-19 has resources for social workers.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Healthcare organizations have been using a quality improvement framework consisting of six attributes — safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable — for decades. But new research has expanded the framework to include elements that address more recent challenges in healthcare and in society.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. In 2003, to bring our name in line with the scope of our work, Kaw Valley Center became simply KVC Behavioral Healthcare. KVC is a great place to work!

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Relias

AUGUST 22, 2022

Today’s healthcare consumer knows more about medications, treatment options, and best practices. In the past, the model was healthcare-professional-as expert who knows everything about conditions, treatments, and the “best” course of action. Often, they and/or family members demand specific types of interventions.

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Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

Recent research has shown that in locations designated as Health Care Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), only 28% of mental healthcare needs are being met. A variety of factors have contributed to the behavioral and mental healthcare workforce shortage, making mental health provider recruitment and retention particularly challenging.

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Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

Patient Safety Awareness Week , sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, happens every March and serves as a time to encourage both the public and healthcare professionals to learn more about healthcare safety and to inspire system changes to improve patient safety. What is Patient Safety Awareness Week?

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 20, 2024

After graduation, I applied for positions in pediatric healthcare and was fortunate to secure a role in the oncology unit where I interned. Additionally, the bureaucratic aspects of healthcare can be frustrating, especially when trying to secure resources for families quickly. What’s your favorite place to visit, and why?

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Relias

MAY 1, 2022

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality calculates that more than 17,000 lawsuits related to pressure injuries are filed each year — second only to wrongful death suits. Understanding the legal implications of gaps in care can help protect all involved: physicians, nurses, other caregivers, and healthcare administrators and leaders.

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Relias

AUGUST 23, 2023

As surprising as it may be, healthcare professionals don’t always treat each other with kindness and respect. In fact, research suggests that lateral violence in healthcare is a serious issue. Why does lateral violence occur in healthcare? healthcare organizations can’t afford to lose nurses to this preventable problem.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s healthcare leaders continuously face the challenge of meeting high expectations and adapting to change. With staff retention currently as a top priority for many healthcare organizations, the connection between strong leadership and retaining employees is clear.

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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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Social Work Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Mistrust of healthcare institutions is one factor to consider. While challenges remain in the delivery of healthcare to PEH, this pandemic experience has been an opportunity to expand all health care to PEH. The expansion of virtual healthcare is another opportunity to engage PEH with healthcare professionals.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

In July, many NASW members alerted their state chapters to a disturbing and potentially deceptive marketing practice impacting social workers nationwide — involving CareDash, a healthcare review and referral website for a wide variety of healthcare providers, including clinical social workers.

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Relias

MAY 13, 2024

Unfortunately, there are few shoulder dystocia warning signs, meaning healthcare professionals often have little time to respond. Healthcare providers must recognize when a maneuver is not working and quickly move on to the next one. In most cases, clinicians are encouraged to spend approximately 30 seconds on each maneuver.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2022

Leadership development in healthcare organizations is a critical strategy to promote employee satisfaction and retention. Clearly, promoting leadership development in healthcare organizations can produce measurable and far-reaching results. How To Promote Leadership Development in Healthcare.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

The NHS remains “heavily reliant” on inappropriate out-of-area mental health hospital placements despite a government target to eliminate them by March 2021, psychiatrist leaders have warned.

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