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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Hartl's business model is to establish relationships with local hospitals and communities, rather than just setting up a telemedicine platform and letting the chips fall where they may. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Financial stability in rural health According to the Cecil G.

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Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara

Minority Nurse

Ferrara is a busy man, wearing many hats. Ferrara is passionate about health information technology and integrating evidence-based practice into daily nursing practice. His doctoral work examined the impact of group medical visits for patients with Type 2 diabetes and whether this intervention led to better health outcomes.

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What the Proposed CMS Staffing Mandate May Mean for Your Facility

IntelyCare

With the end of this fiscal year approaching, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to set off its New Year’s fireworks a little early. These actions could include the termination of the provider agreement, denial of payments under Medicare and Medicaid, and other civil penalties. What’s the difference?

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Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Nursing- will these technologies help our profession?

The Nurse Break

Widespread adoption of digital health tools such as telehealth and virtual models of care can help patients access care from home with the use of equipment to monitor their health status. Evidence is emerging that automation can boost productivity and open up new types of work in which technical skills are required.

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Full Practice Authority: APRN Readiness, Barriers to Practice and Access in South Carolina

American Nurse

Health rankings demonstrate SC has the 4th highest rate of preterm births among all 50 U.S. 6,7,10 Based on access and health data indicating health care desserts and poor health outcomes for South Carolinians, full practice authority is essential now. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.

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Nursing and Voting

American Nurse

One example is local ordinance such as zoning law that prohibits certain kinds of businesses within a designated distance from a school. Health policy includes the decision made to promote the health care of individual citizens. Examples include Medicare and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.