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Patient Centered Care Theory in the Modern World of Healthcare

Nursology

Guest Contributor: Erica AgudoPhD Student, Texas Women’s University Patient-centered care has been a “buzzword” in healthcare for at least a decade. The Centers for Medicare and … Continue reading Patient Centered Care Theory in the Modern World of Healthcare

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10 Inspiring Patient Experience Quotes

Relias

In the ever-evolving world of healthcare, patient experience has emerged as a key indicator of quality care. From improving patient satisfaction to fostering trust, a focus on patient-centered care has become a necessity for healthcare organizations. Patients dont care how much you know until they know how much you care.

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Starting A Practice: Questions Every Nurse Practitioner Should Ask

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Structuring the optimal service offering to meet your patients’ needs and your practice’s goals. Creating positive patient experiences, from scheduling appointments to follow-up care, to grow the practice.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

On the 32-bed medical/surgical unit at our community hospital, the average discharge time (from the time the provider wrote the order to the time when the patient was physically discharged) was 5 hours and 6 minutes. Safe, effective, and timely discharge requires good communication among the healthcare team, the patient, and the family.

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Dozens of Defendants Charged with Healthcare Fraud

American Medical Compliance

Many of these individuals targeted elderly patients who receive Medicare benefits. One of the illegal actions investigated was the bribing of laboratories in exchange for patient referrals. Often these tests would bear no useful results to the patient. What Happened? What is Being Done About it? course today.

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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

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Maximizing Healthcare Reimbursement Through Higher Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

One effective way is to earn high patient satisfaction scores that demonstrate value to customers seeking a trusted healthcare partner. But gaining patient trust isn’t the only benefit of high patient satisfaction scores. Scores for each of these areas and others are calculated into a single, overall patient satisfaction rating.