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Caring for adults with autism spectrum disorder

American Nurse

Using best practice recommendations from CARD and the literature, the team developed a questionnaire that allows the patient and caregiver to communicate their unique needs to the healthcare team. 3W3aHFM Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Authored: September 20, 2017; retrieved: June 23, 2019.

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Does the Hospital Price Transparency Rule Increase Your Audit Risk?

Relias

In the healthcare industry, regulations and best practices are always changing. The best way to protect your organization is to monitor your compliance risks proactively. An executive order passed in 2019 directed the Department of Health and Human Services to create new guidelines to help reduce healthcare costs.

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Preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

American Nurse

However, despite available best practice guidelines, nurses’ knowledge of both risk and preventive strategies varies and the incidence of pressure injuries (PIs) worldwide remains stagnant. The why At the end of June 2019, the HAPI rate at Glens Falls Hospital (GFH), a 291-bed community hospital in northern New York, was 0.68

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A Process for Improving Surgical Site Infection Prevention by Cardiac Surgery Programs

Consult QD

Additionally, hospitals are not reimbursed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for costs associated with sternal wound infections, so these infections can have a negative financial impact. January 2019. DSWIs: Uncommon but impactful A DSWI is a devastating complication of cardiac surgery for the patient.

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12 Days of Compliance Countdown

Relias

Tis the season for evaluating training programs and checking everything twice to make sure you’re on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ and The Joint Commission’s nice lists. There isn’t a test you can put in front of them to know whether they’re employing best practices.

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UTI revisited: Optimizing best practices

American Nurse

According to Weiner-Lastinger, compared with 2019 data (0.69 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services doesn’t reimburse costs associated with healthcare-associated CAUTI, so prevention has financial implications. In the United States, the number of CAUTIs decreased by 25% from 2015 to early 2020. Am Fam Physician.