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How Nurse Practitioners Are Filling Gaps in Primary Care

Post University

By the mid-1990s, Medicare also approved reimbursement for NP-provided services. Models of Collaboration in Primary Care Settings Multiple healthcare providers work together in collaborative care models, striving to improve patient experiences and treatment outcomes.

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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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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?