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The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality.
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News & Analysis | CMS Issues Interpretive Guidelines for New Interoperability CoPs | The goal, according to CMS, is to improve care coordination by ensuring that important medical information is shared with primary care providers (PCP) when a patient shows up at the emergency department or is admitted into the hospital, as well as sharing information with providers after a patient is discharged. |
PSQH Connect COVID-19 Long-Haulers: Neuroplasticity and Treating Chronic Illness | Some theories believe that it’s excess mass cell activation, or an allergy causing cells to react. Others posit the virus is hiding out in the brain or body, waiting for an opportunity to create further issues. Still others believe the condition reflects long-term damage to the lungs. Ashok Gupta hypothesizes that it is due to a conditioned response. |
The Impact of Telehealth on Patient Safety and Quality | The use of telehealth grew dramatically over the last year as healthcare providers worked to stay in touch with patients while also reducing the number of in-person visits due to COVID-19. This presentation on June 30 at 1 p.m. EDT will examine the history and growth of telehealth over the years, focus on its current usage as the pandemic begins to wane throughout the country, and analyze the strengths, weaknesses, potential, and risks of telehealth going forward. |
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| Product Spotlight | Life safety expert and independent consultant Brad Keyes, CHSP, provides a practical, strategic approach to the life safety survey process. He walks you through a room-by-room, floor-by-floor analysis of the life safety measures you must have in place to avoid costly citations. The book simplifies Joint Commission standards and CMS requirements and focuses on ways to pass your next life safety survey. Order now! | |
Career Center | Post your open positions or find your next career move with the HCPro Career Center. | |
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