American Nurse

JULY 30, 2025

Best practices for providing patient- and family-centered hospital care include open visiting hours, patient involvement in the daily plan of care, evidence-based communication tools, bedside shift reports, and hourly rounding. Quality communication can improve patient-centred health outcomes among older patients: A rapid review.

Patient Satisfaction

Relias

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Key sources of IHS funding The IHS is primarily funded by federal appropriations, along with grants, Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, and third-party billing. These funds help sustain essential healthcare services, maintain facilities, and enhance public health initiatives in tribal communities.

Medicaid

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

Nursing and Allied Health Workforce Shortages – The Committee notes that in a March 2021 survey conducted by the HHS Office of the Inspector General, hospitals reported that nursing shortages during the COVID–19 pandemic significantly strained health care delivery and were a significant obstacle to addressing the public health emergency.

Medicare

Relias

MARCH 29, 2024

Many of these causes are worsened by social determinants of health such as poverty, lack of access to quality health care, racism, and discrimination. Title V funding can play a vital role for states and territories in addressing maternal mortality and improving maternal health outcomes.

Medicaid

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. It is important to focus on clinical protocols and reduction in practice variation. Sadly, U.S.

Medicaid