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DEA Extending Telemedicine Prescription Waiver Through 2024
The DEA and Health and Human Services Department will publish the extension in the Federal Register this week. The decision comes after two public listening sessions last month and a public comment period on proposed telemedicine rules that garnered more than 38,000 comments, many of them critical.
 

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Hospitals are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing
Virtual nursing is all the rage these days, with health systems across the country launching telemedicine-based programs aimed at helping their beleaguered nurses. But with no clear-cut path to ROI, executives are uncertain whether the programs can be sustainable.
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.
Minimizing Burnout in Healthcare with a Human-Centric Workplace Culture
One could argue that the healthcare industry is by its nature human-centric, with patients at the center. Human-centric workplace programs expand on this mission by focusing on the people providing the care.

PSQH: The Podcast

PSQH: The Podcast Episode 89 – How Hospital Capacity Will Trend Over the Next Decade
On episode 89 of PSQH: The Podcast, Tori Richie, director of Intelligence at Sg2, talks about what hospital capacity will look like over the next decade.
 

Industry Events

 

Thursday, 10/19 - ABQAURP's Annual Health Care Quality & Patient Safety Conference

Sunday, 12/10 - IHI Forum

Monday, 3/11/24 - HIMSS24 Global Health Conference & Exhibition
 

  

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