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JULY 4, 2023

Many hospitals and health systems are facing revenue shortages that threaten their resources and financial stability. In an Ingenius Med survey of healthcare executives, 78% said that effective charge capture was essential to organizational success. Missed revenue targets can affect care quality and decrease patient satisfaction.

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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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JUNE 6, 2024

Good nursing leadership improves patient outcomes, reduces medical errors, and improves staff retention — benefiting patients and healthcare organizations. Greatest impact on nurse success While it’s common to focus leadership efforts at the highest levels of a hospital or health system, nurse leaders are key to an organization’s success.

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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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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The healthcare revenue cycle is important for every hospital and healthcare practice. Denial volume: On average, claim denials cost healthcare organizations 5% of their net revenue. Underpayment recoveries: Becker’s Hospital CFO Report estimates that hospitals fail to collect 2% to 5% of net patient revenue.

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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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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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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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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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AUGUST 22, 2022

With the frequent discussion surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as an organizational imperative in healthcare , it is in the best interest of healthcare leaders to prioritize creating a workplace where DEI can flourish. Numerous hospitals are among the recipients. DEI Is an Indicator of Organizational Excellence.

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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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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s healthcare leaders continuously face the challenge of meeting high expectations and adapting to change. Transformational leadership, the preferred management style of Magnet®-designated hospitals, has been shown to transform teams to higher levels of practice.

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APRIL 28, 2023

As part of CMS programs to promote healthcare quality, quality measures in different healthcare settings report on trends in the development of pressure injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s patient safety tool, Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals , also provides helpful guidance.

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JULY 20, 2021

KVC Health Systems’ local subsidiaries are: KVC Hospitals. KVC Hospitals – Children’s Psychiatric Treatment. Our team implements innovative, neuroscience-based treatment approaches at our inpatient acute psychiatric hospitals and residential psychiatric treatment centers serving Kansas and Missouri. KVC Kansas.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

While many healthcare leaders believe that nurse residency programs are a necessity , others are wary of the cost and long-term commitment they require. Hospitals can opt to outsource a comprehensive nurse residency program — which typically lasts between six and 12 months — for their staff rather than build one of their own.

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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. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.

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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. We do this by working with NHS community teams to maximise their independence for as long as possible.

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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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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. Placements increasingly far from home.

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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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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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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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Social Work Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Commonly referred to as Obamacare, this is a moment to reflect on the deep impact this revolutionary legislation has had on the healthcare landscape in the United States. Those who lacked access to healthcare services in the past, are now able to get the care they need to improve their health.

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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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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Demand for home healthcare continues to rise, and at the same time home health aide staffing remains an ongoing challenge for agency administrators. Benefits of Healthcare at Home. Before COVID-19, the healthcare industry was already experiencing a shift in how our aging population wanted to receive care.

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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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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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Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Drop in eligibility for continuing healthcare But the finding comes amid a drop in the rate of people found to be eligible for NHS continuing healthcare (CHC), under which the health service fully funds social care for people whose need for it arises primarily from a health condition.

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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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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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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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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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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Not long ago, city bystanders would erupt in applause during shift changes as healthcare providers exited and entered hospitals. Their applause signaled gratitude for the healthcare heroes bravely battling the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses (RNs, LPN/LVNs, and UAPs alike) became the face of heroism.

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MAY 6, 2022

healthcare providers. A CMS contractor who develops and distributes PEPPER — TMF Health Quality Institute — organizes and creates the report to monitor healthcare program integrity. PEPPER is a yearly report given to hospices, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, and other U.S.

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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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APRIL 3, 2025

When I first worked in the NHS, these were not phrases I generally heard my clinical colleagues using, but now they have much greater currency in the organisation and I think mean that social workers can bring a valuable diversity of thought, experience, skills and ideas to our besieged, but much loved, healthcare system.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , is the perfect time to review the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. For 2023, its list of patient safety goals for hospitals includes the following: Identify patients correctly. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely.

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