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Nurses Earn Highest Grade for Care Far Above All Other Health Care Workers — Including Doctors — In Latest Gallup Poll

Jane Sarashon

Nurses rank highest among various factors in the U.S. Further substantiation for nurses’ topping this poll of excellent care is that Gallup found historic low confidence in the U.S. The second chart arrays the historical trend downward for all healthcare players (except walk-in/urgent care clinics) looking back to 2003 to 2023.

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Combatting Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic Monitoring

Bill of Health

The Nursing Reform Act of 1987 does provide a legal right for residents to be free from abuse. One place where aging adults are likely to experience elder abuse occurs in long-term care (LTC) environments; this has been described as a “public health concern” in relation to the nursing home setting. Audio-only recording is prohibited.

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HPG, a Leader in EHR Technology Integration, Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS

Healthcare IT Today

CEO Bob Hayden, who along with partner Brent Budke founded HDS in 2003, said of the acquisition: “HDS has had a strong connection with HPG leadership for many years, and we have long respected the company’s vision and success. For more information, visit hds-llc.com.

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Chartis Establishes the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

DES Health Consulting works with multi-hospital healthcare systems to reduce burnout and improve retention, safety, quality, and physician and nurse satisfaction. “By In 1995, he began treating physicians and nurses at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

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Three Key Benefits for Hospitals With Real-Time Operating Room Data

Healthcare IT Today

Providing surgical nurses with systems to input and track surgical status in real-time with a simple click helps achieve that goal. Instead of being tethered to a computer, circulating nurses can make updates to surgical status with the push of a button on a handheld device without interruption to workflow.

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Thinking Value-Based Health Care at HLTH 2022 – A Call-to-Action

Jane Sarashon

health care system continues to be so much about prices — as Uwe Reinhardt and colleagues advised us in the seminal Health Affairs article from 2003, “It’s the Prices, Stupid.” Value is what you get.” ” The U.S. ” Buffett and Reinhardt et. have a lot to teach us about value-based care.

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VillageMD Acquires Patient Education Platform Healthy Interactions

HIT Consultant

Founded in 2003, Healthy Interactions is a patient engagement company that improves outcomes of diabetes and other chronic medical conditions for hospitals, clinics and providers. Village Medical providers, including physicians and nurse practitioners, can now offer these additional services to their patients.

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