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Preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

American Nurse

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimates that individual care for patients with HAPI can cost an organization $20,900 to $151,700. Medicare estimates that each pressure injury adds $43,180 to a hospital stay. The additional wound care nurse increased access to PI expertise and at-the-elbow education for bedside nurses.

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Views From ViVE: 5 Top Talking Points (So Far) in LA This Week

Health Leaders | Nursing

More and more care will be in the home. The Acute Hospital Care at Home program, supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), took off during the pandemic and is now in place in more than 300 health systems across the country.

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home. Home health care.