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Video handoffs cut readmissions from post-acute providers
The readmission rate for patients being discharged from Oregon Health & Science University Hospital to a skilled nursing facility have dropped from 26% to 12% among patients whose handoffs were handled via videoconferencing.
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Partnership increases contact between patients, home health nurses
UCLA Health has formed a partnership with three home health agencies that agreed to increase the number of times home health nurses interact with patients after they are discharged from the hospital to home with home health services.
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Bed leasing program helps hospitals discharge hard-to-place patients
UCLA Health’s program that pays a negotiated daily rate to skilled nursing facilities to hold beds for patients who otherwise would stay in an acute care bed saved a total of 2,516 acute care days from June 2014 to July 2015.
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IMPACT Act levels the playing field on healthcare performance
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act, which requires post-acute providers to compile and submit quality, performance, and resource use data, gives hospitals an opportunity to work closely with the providers to which they discharge patients.
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To prevent readmissions, think outside the hospital walls
Initiatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and commercial payers that penalize hospitals when patients are readmitted make it necessary for providers throughout the continuum to collaborate and ensure that patients get the care they need.
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Hospital is held liable for nearly $2.8 million for misplaced tracheostomy
News: A 49-year-old woman was brought to the hospital after a car crash. She was unconscious and had internal bleeding with a lacerated liver. The hospital staff performed an endotracheal intubation and then successfully operated on the woman’s liver.
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Hospital loses $21.5 million claim against veteran suffering from locked-in syndrome
News: In October 2010, a Navy veteran went to a veterans hospital complaining of a headache and loss of peripheral vision.
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NIST guide aims to make EHRs safer
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a new guide that addresses a common concern with electronic health records: If they’re not user- friendly, the potential benefits might never be recognized, and they could even threaten patient safety.
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Adventist to pay $115M to settle fraud claims
Adventist Health System, based in Altamonte Springs, FL, has agreed to pay the United States $115 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by maintaining improper compensation arrangements with referring physicians and by miscoding claims, the Justice Department announced recently.
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Hospital cited for exposing staff to patient violence
Federal officials recently cited Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, NJ, for failing to protect employees from violent patients.