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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

Take a bundled approach to improve the patient experience. Takeaways: The bundle approach to implementing the commit-to-sit initiative positively impacts patient experience scores. This cluster randomized crossover trial didn’t find improvement in patient satisfaction scores. Its reliability ranges from 0.66

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Dual Threats from Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers

Health Leaders | Nursing

The long-term health care industry is facing a double whammy from President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigrants and the GOP's proposals to reduce Medicaid spending. Care for 6 in 10 residents is paid for by Medicaid , the state-federal health program for poor or disabled Americans. "We Conteh asked.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

On the 32-bed medical/surgical unit at our community hospital, the average discharge time (from the time the provider wrote the order to the time when the patient was physically discharged) was 5 hours and 6 minutes. Safe, effective, and timely discharge requires good communication among the healthcare team, the patient, and the family.

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What You Need To Know About Value-Based Payment Models

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But momentum will continue, since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in 2021 that it plans to transition fully to value-based reimbursement by 2030. It was largely unsuccessful because it deprioritized quality and patient satisfaction. Here’s what you need to know about value-based payments.

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Telehealth: Navigating healthcare delivery in the new normalized space

American Nurse

Thomas and colleagues describe how clinicians across the globe mobilized or expanded available technology to maintain contact with patients, established new access, and explored uncharted methods of providing healthcare access for individuals in need. References Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. March 17, 2020.

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance. Each area has multiple measures.

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The Value of Nursing

American Nurse

Thirty-five qualitative and quantitative articles published between the years of 2015 and 2021 were included in the review. Improving health outcomes relative to the cost of care has been embraced by interested parties across the healthcare system, including patients, providers, health plans, employers, and government organizations.