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The Six Domains of Health Care Quality — New Considerations

Relias

Patient medical records include documentation of patient histories and care. It also suggested care coordination and health systems infrastructure capabilities as new domains. Disadvantages of this type of data can be a lack of clinical details, accuracy, completeness, or timeliness.

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Heart failure management: Updated guidelines

American Nurse

Patients with Stage B have no HF symptoms, but do have documented structural heart disease, evidence of increased filling pressures, increased BNP levels, or persistently elevated cardiac troponin with no other cause. Nurses are invaluable members of the interprofessional team caring for patients with HF at any stage.

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

After the assessment, a physician or allowed provider signs orders (which include the patient’s plan of care) for home healthcare. The American Nurses Association’s Home Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice provides an overview of expectations and competencies of the professional nurse. American Nurse Journal. 2024; 19(6).