Informal caregivers, postacute care connections, and direct care worker compensation can all influence patient outcomes positively

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

FEATURED STORY

3 Factors That Improve Patient Outcomes
Informal caregivers, postacute care connections, and direct care worker compensation can all influence patient outcomes positively.
 

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Mobile Healthcare Communications Shift Toward Messaging
HIPAA-compliant options are helping healthcare systems relay important information using familiar platforms and devices.
Reluctant Patients, Hispanic Men Pose A Costly Challenge To The Health System
Women across all races are more likely to seek care than men. But the gender gap in the Hispanic community is especially troubling to health care providers.
Adding this Step to Discharge Planning Slashes Hospital Readmissions by 25%
Including unpaid caregivers also leads to shorter rehospitalizations and lower costs of post-discharge care, researchers say.
Secret Hospital Inspections May Become Public at Last
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants to require that private health care accreditors publicly detail problems they find during hospital inspections.
Making the Business Case for Virtual Care
A KPMG survey shows 31% of healthcare organizations currently use video-based services and 34% offer remote patient monitoring.
 

AROUND THE WEB

Surgeon general is removed by Trump administration, replaced by nurse
Source: Washington Post
VT preparing doctors for opioid rule changes
Source: US News & World Report
Strategies to curb drug costs affect patient care, says ASCO
Source: Medscape
Transgender man charges Dignity Health discriminated against him
Source: SF Gate
MI cancer center linked to dirty doctor, fraudulent billing
Source: M Live
 

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