American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

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. CMS defines “value” as improvement in health outcomes for the cost of achieving that improvement. March 8, 2023.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Patient Experience Home Healthcare 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. As a strategy, it can also help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, which are among the widest and most persistent in the nation.

Care coordination 52

Care coordination Patient Satisfaction Self-Care Emergency Care 52

Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Patient Experience Medicare Self-Care 52

Board Vitals - Nursing

AUGUST 30, 2016

Knowing the leading public health concerns in your state will provide context for you as a provider and information important to your daily practice. The CDC acknowledges this and has created Prevention Status Reports “to increase the use of evidence-based public health practices and improve health outcomes in each state”.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Promotion Licensing Health Outcomes 52

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Frailty frequently is defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerabilities to adverse health outcomes. This can be a perilous time for healthcare providers because of the difficulty of explaining futility to family members, who sometimes expect perfect outcomes despite patient status.

Long Term Care 105

Long Term Care Malpractice Nurse Practitioner Medicaid 105

Relias

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By the time they are seen, the visit might last for only a few minutes, and it may only be focused on taking her blood pressure, measuring her abdomen, and listening to the fetal heart rate, with very little communication between the midwife and the patient.” No compelling reason to return. For example, in the U.S.,

Self-Care 52

Self-Care Medicaid Education Health Outcomes 52

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

The relationship between patient satisfaction scores, reimbursement, and health outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring helps hospitals and governing bodies evaluate patient satisfaction through quantitative measurements.

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Medicare Patient Experience Professional Development 52