. At the Center for Total Health, we think the world of nurses and the outstanding work they do every day to make lives better. To help celebrate Nurses Week, some very important experts were asked to tell us what they think about nurses. The post Nurses Are Awesome appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. Uncategorized awesome nurses Nurses nurses week MORE
32 These are just some of the roles that today’s nurses play. As we celebrate Nurses Week 2018 from May 6 to 12, the people of Kaiser Permanente give heartfelt thanks to America’s nurses — especially the 58,000 we’re proud to call KP nurses. Happy Nurses Week. Read more about Nurses Week and watch the video here. The post Celebrating America’s Nurses appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. MORE
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The post Nurse-Physician Collaboration: Harnessing the Power of Health IT to Improve Patient Outcomes appeared first on HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News. Health Information Technology AirStrip Aparna Bala Mobile Health Matters nurse-physician collaborationBy Aparna Bala - Most physicians have long enjoyed the benefits of BYOD policies. MORE
The liability risks faced by nurse practitioners do not differ greatly from those faced by primary care physicians, a recent study found. Medical malpractice claims don’t differ radically between the two types of providers, according to a study by The Doctors Company, the country’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer MORE
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40 Recently, I shadowed a patient through a day procedure at an endoscopy center from the time that the nurse checked her weight to the time that she was discharged. As a system, we don't invest as much time in understanding the broader context of the patient in front of us. MORE
The widespread misconduct toward and sexual harassment of women who work in hospitals and other healthcare settings has been such a longtime part of the culture of medicine that many say they either laugh it off or accept it as part of their jobs. But the #MeToo movement may soon hit healthcare, and women will come out in force to push back against the mistreatment MORE
49 MUSC credits the success of its network to hardworking school nurses, fostering a culture of collaboration between healthcare organizations and a flexible, open technology platform. Start With the Nurse appeared first on American Well. MORE
Plus, a study suggests for-profit nursing homes are sending patients to therapy at the end of their lives to make more money The president attacked a Medicare-for-all proposal in an opinion column on Wednesday, and the senator who introduced that bill hit back. MORE
The goal of transforming healthcare using digital technology will fail unless nurses are allowed to participate in the process of designing new IT systems, the Royal College of Nursing has warned. The RCN surveyed 896 nurses and midwives online in January and February. MORE
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As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls. MORE
Working overtime can make it harder for nurses to collaborate with physicians and other nurses, according to a new study. The additional fatigue and sleep loss that extra hours cause can impact performance and nurses' mood, making collaboration harder, the researchers told FierceHealthcare MORE
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Expertise in the form of researchers, doctors, nurses and pharmacists remains highly valued in the eyes of health consumers. MORE
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The Michigan Nurses Association claims charity care spending by Detroit Medical Center has declined 98% since the hospital was purchased by Tenet Healthcare in 2013. But DMC CEO Anthony J. Tedeschi said data from MNA's report was cherrypicked, calling it an attempt to “distract us from what is most important MORE
41 Healthcare organizations are trying new ways to attract and retain nurses, not only offering to pay their tuition but also reimbursing college tuition for their children. Others are turning to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to recruit nurses as more U.S. nurses from the mainland get set to retire MORE
51 More nurse practitioners are working in primary care practices, particularly in rural areas of the country. Nurse practitioners are a growing part of primary care teams in both rural and nonrural practices MORE
Listen as Dr. Rhoads discusses the important role of nurses and nurse practitioners in coordinating care using technology; legal, ethical, and regulatory issues surrounding telehealth; and describes innovative programs related to managing patient populations. The post Telehealth Talk: What Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Need to Know – AR Edition (Episode 14) appeared first on LearnTelehealth. MORE
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Health Information Technology AirStrip clinical workflow Mobile Health Matters Nancy Pratt nurses work environment teleheathBy Nancy Pratt - Care delivery best practices are constantly changing to optimize efficiency and safety, and look considerably different compared to just a decade ago. The post Back to Basics: Re-Thinking Mobility & Workflow Efficiencies Within the Hospital appeared first on HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News. MORE
Making matters worse, the supply of nurses can’t keep up with the demand—a disparity that will last for several years, according to a new report from Moody’s Investor Service As the population gets older and chronic conditions become more prevalent, hospitals are stretched to meet growing healthcare needs. MORE
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Executives from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Highmark Health are among the highest-paid nonprofit healthcare leaders; a former Ohio Medicaid official's jump to CVS raises conflict concerns; the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists has called Anthem's new cataract surgery policy "dangerous and reckless," plus more health insurance headlines from around the web MORE
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MAY 7, 2018
This week marks National Nurses Week in the U.S., both a celebration of the profession and an opportunity to educate the public about the role nurses play in healthcare and their communities. Nurses Driving Change. Traditionally, the nurses’ role was limited in the hospital.
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
MAY 11, 2018
. At the Center for Total Health, we think the world of nurses and the outstanding work they do every day to make lives better. To help celebrate Nurses Week, some very important experts were asked to tell us what they think about nurses. The post Nurses Are Awesome appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health. Uncategorized awesome nurses Nurses nurses week
Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health
MAY 11, 2018
These are just some of the roles that today’s nurses play. As we celebrate Nurses Week 2018 from May 6 to 12, the people of Kaiser Permanente give heartfelt thanks to America’s nurses — especially the 58,000 we’re proud to call KP nurses. Happy Nurses Week. Read more about Nurses Week and watch the video here. The post Celebrating America’s Nurses appeared first on Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health.
Telehealth Blog
AUGUST 30, 2017
Listen as Dr. Rhoads discusses the important role of nurses and nurse practitioners in coordinating care using technology; legal, ethical, and regulatory issues surrounding telehealth; and describes innovative programs related to managing patient populations. The post Telehealth Talk: What Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Need to Know – AR Edition (Episode 14) appeared first on LearnTelehealth.
Mobile Health Matters
OCTOBER 25, 2017
As health systems focused on ensuring doctors had access to state-of-the-art health IT to monitor their patients when they couldn’t be at the bedside, the quality of tools and pace of adoption for nursing solutions did not keep up.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Harnessing the skills of nurse practitioners in underserved areas, according to a new report from the American Enterprise Institute. Primary care is in high demand, but the ongoing physician shortage leaves plenty of access gaps. One solution?
Lloyd Price
JULY 9, 2018
The goal of transforming healthcare using digital technology will fail unless nurses are allowed to participate in the process of designing new IT systems, the Royal College of Nursing has warned. The RCN surveyed 896 nurses and midwives online in January and February.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 10, 2018
A gender gap persists when it comes to nurse salaries, with men making an average of 7% more than women despite men making up only about 10% of the nurse workforce, a newly released survey found
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 10, 2018
Nursing executives are worried that the industry's ongoing nurse shortage is only going to get worse, according to a new survey. One-third said that nursing shortages have a "considerable" or "great" impact on care quality, while 41% said that these staffing problems negatively impact the patient experience.
American Well Blog
JANUARY 5, 2018
As the number of children in the United States with significant health challenges rises, so does the need to provide experienced nursing care within schools. Within seconds, 8-year-old Aiden Knutson is connected to an Avera eCare nurse – Aiden at school in Toronto, the nurse in Sioux Falls.
American Well Blog
JULY 10, 2017
MUSC credits the success of its network to hardworking school nurses, fostering a culture of collaboration between healthcare organizations and a flexible, open technology platform. Start With the Nurse appeared first on American Well.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2018
More nurse practitioners are working in primary care practices, particularly in rural areas of the country. Nurse practitioners are a growing part of primary care teams in both rural and nonrural practices
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Despite enhanced guidance from CMS, nursing homes hit by disaster often struggle to execute emergency plans and protect residents, according to testimony from the HHS Office of Inspector General to lawmakers last week.
Healthcare Guys
JULY 23, 2018
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Healthcare Guys
JUNE 13, 2018
A number of high-profile doctors, nurses and CIOs have left hospitals to work at tech companies and they are certainly making an impact
Healthcare Guys
JUNE 25, 2018
Its nurses – tending to patients amid a chorus of machines, monitors and devices – are only human El Camino Hospital, in the heart of Silicon Valley, has a problem.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Congress is expected to finalize a new law that will expand the Sunshine Act and require drug companies and medical device manufacturers to disclose payments and gifts made to nurse practitioners and physician assistants
FierceHealthIT
MAY 1, 2018
A new study found that 28% of all specialty practices are employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants It’s not just primary care practices that are increasingly relying on advanced practice clinicians to help care for patients.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 24, 2018
Working overtime can make it harder for nurses to collaborate with physicians and other nurses, according to a new study. The additional fatigue and sleep loss that extra hours cause can impact performance and nurses' mood, making collaboration harder, the researchers told FierceHealthcare
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 12, 2018
Making matters worse, the supply of nurses can’t keep up with the demand—a disparity that will last for several years, according to a new report from Moody’s Investor Service As the population gets older and chronic conditions become more prevalent, hospitals are stretched to meet growing healthcare needs.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 1, 2018
Nurses can bridge the gap between behavioral healthcare and physical healthcare for providers looking to better integrate the two, experts say. Since a nurse is often the first clinician a patient interacts with, he or she has real power to effect change and direct them to the care they need
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
He presented evidence for the role of self care from various healthcare settings and geographies such as post-hospital discharge care with nurses and handymen in Baltimore, hypertension and self-monitoring in the U.K.,
Medical Connectivity
OCTOBER 16, 2017
your nurse call vendor, Vocera, phone vendor, etc.) These integrators could also be nurse call system dealers, companies that resold Vocera (back when they had resellers), or a network VAR. Messaging Middleware Nurse Call Emergin Emergin repair Emergin service Emergin upgrade
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 9, 2018
Healthcare organizations are trying new ways to attract and retain nurses, not only offering to pay their tuition but also reimbursing college tuition for their children. Others are turning to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to recruit nurses as more U.S. nurses from the mainland get set to retire
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Plus, a study suggests for-profit nursing homes are sending patients to therapy at the end of their lives to make more money The president attacked a Medicare-for-all proposal in an opinion column on Wednesday, and the senator who introduced that bill hit back.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 12, 2018
C-section rates worldwide have nearly doubled over the past decade, plus more healthcare headlines
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 3, 2018
California just took a step to change that and the nation should follow suit, the nation's largest nursing union said this week An estimated 3 in 4 workplace violence events happen in a healthcare setting.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 5, 2018
A proposed change to skilled nursing facility payments would improve the quality of care provided to patients and give better payment incentives for those facilities to finally transition to value-based care, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 29, 2018
The liability risks faced by nurse practitioners do not differ greatly from those faced by primary care physicians, a recent study found. Medical malpractice claims don’t differ radically between the two types of providers, according to a study by The Doctors Company, the country’s largest physician-owned medical malpractice insurer
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 26, 2018
The Michigan Nurses Association claims charity care spending by Detroit Medical Center has declined 98% since the hospital was purchased by Tenet Healthcare in 2013. But DMC CEO Anthony J. Tedeschi said data from MNA's report was cherrypicked, calling it an attempt to “distract us from what is most important
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 12, 2018
Montana nursing homes are trying to stop a looming Medicaid payment cut, while Ohio has canceled its own planned cuts to hospitals. Meanwhile, Maine's governor is still resisting Medicaid expansion
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The widespread misconduct toward and sexual harassment of women who work in hospitals and other healthcare settings has been such a longtime part of the culture of medicine that many say they either laugh it off or accept it as part of their jobs. But the #MeToo movement may soon hit healthcare, and women will come out in force to push back against the mistreatment
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 20, 2018
Executives from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Highmark Health are among the highest-paid nonprofit healthcare leaders; a former Ohio Medicaid official's jump to CVS raises conflict concerns; the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists has called Anthem's new cataract surgery policy "dangerous and reckless," plus more health insurance headlines from around the web
HiTech Answers
APRIL 25, 2017
Health Information Technology AirStrip clinical workflow Mobile Health Matters Nancy Pratt nurses work environment teleheathBy Nancy Pratt - Care delivery best practices are constantly changing to optimize efficiency and safety, and look considerably different compared to just a decade ago. The post Back to Basics: Re-Thinking Mobility & Workflow Efficiencies Within the Hospital appeared first on HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News.
The Digital Health Corner
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
digitalhealth analytics digital health digital health technology education health insurance healthcare economics healthcare reform healthcare vendors language medical devices mobile health palliative care patient advocacy remote patient monitoring risk management Uncategorized empathy healthcare medicine nurses technology women's health In previous posts I discussed the importance of population health management and the essentials of ideal population management digital tech.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 30, 2018
Plus Garmin's new fitness tracker, a "virtual nurse" SDK, and $1.2 million for mental health app MyStrength
Clocktree
AUGUST 29, 2017
School nurses are treating a wider range of issues than ever before. Even though this increase is known, only 40% of elementary schools in the US have a full time nurse on staff. Today there is a rising number of children in the US affected by asthma and diabetes.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 9, 2018
Call9 launches data analytics plaform for nursing homes. Nursing home care technology company Call9 has launched a data analytics platform for nursing home administrators and operators. Dubbed SNF Assist, the platform integrates with a facility’s EHR to deliver insights that will help inform users’ operational and medical decisions
KevinMD
JUNE 8, 2018
Recently, I shadowed a patient through a day procedure at an endoscopy center from the time that the nurse checked her weight to the time that she was discharged. As a system, we don't invest as much time in understanding the broader context of the patient in front of us.
Mobi Health News
MARCH 5, 2018
Improvements in data management will soon mean healthcare providers can engage patients outside of standard care more than ever before, Judy Murphy, chief nursing officer at IBM, said Monday at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Expertise in the form of researchers, doctors, nurses and pharmacists remains highly valued in the eyes of health consumers.
Electronic Health Reporter
JUNE 25, 2018
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Telehealth Blog
MAY 29, 2018
Congratulations to SCTRC Advisory Board member, Nan Gaylord, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, FAAN, on her recent designation as an Academy Edge Runner by the American Academy of Nursing.
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