6 Ways to Reduce Length of Stay
Reducing length of stay cuts costs by decreasing the labor associated with caring for patients. Reducing length of stay also decreases the risk of a patient suffering an adverse event in the hospital such as a hospital-acquired infection or fall.
Improving Care Through Encouraging Patient Engagement
Most patient engagement initiatives focus on improving provider understanding of the patient’s status, which involves stratifying a patient population to identify pockets of disease and polychronic patients. This enables providers to educate patients about how to manage their conditions and offer outreach opportunities.
Stronger Patient Engagement for Improved Data Collection
Under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, hospitals will be required to collect and report patient-reported outcomes (PRO), risk variables, matching variables, and PRO-related variables for at least half of eligible total hip and total knee replacement patients beginning in 2025.
Technology Helps Surface SDOH in Patient Records
What do you do when you have the patient information you need, but that information is buried within the patient record as unstructured data? This is the challenge NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health sought to resolve when they determined they needed a better way to identify patients’ social determinants of health when they presented at the ED—one of the most crucial points in intervention.
ABQAURP News September 2023
There is still time to register! Join your colleagues on October 19-20, 2023, at ABQAURP’s Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
How a Remote Nurse-First Triage Model Reduces Benefits Spend for Employers
For two large employers, one type of nurse advice line—a nurse-first remote triage model—reduces unnecessary emergency department and urgent care visits. It’s an approach that lowers healthcare costs for both employees and employers and helps minimize readmissions by offering patients clinical support when they need it, including after hours.
Hospitals are Focusing on the Benefits of New Ultrasound Technology
Healthcare organizations are moving away from the bulky ultrasound machines of years past and embracing digital health platforms that make imaging more mobile and integrate directly with the EHR to improve care management and workflows.
PSQH: The Podcast Episode 87 – The Evolution of the Patient Experience
On episode 87 of PSQH: The Podcast, Hari Prasad, CEO and co-founder of Yosi Health, talks about the evolution of the patient experience.
How Medical Device Software Improves the Quality of Life for Oncology Patients
In addition to making medical devices more effective, applications that impact patients’ health can now qualify as medical devices. Such software as a medical device (SaMD) is certified within the same standards as physical gadgets to be safe and effective for patients.
The Exec: Technology in Patient Engagement is a Strategy, Not a Crutch
The chief experience officer’s role was once defined as one of service excellence, and the executive was responsible for ensuring that the healthcare organization was delivering top-notch service, according to standards established by the health system. But with the rise of patient-centered care, that role has shifted radically around to focus on the delivery of care and services that meet the patient’s expectations.