Cardiac RMS’ Post

Weekly Highlights: Now My Feet Are Fully Recovered! - Primary Care Show Debut: I had the fantastic opportunity to attend and exhibit at the Primary Care show for the first time. The experience was incredible, and I'm already looking forward to many more!    - Engaging Conversations: I spoke with numerous GPs, practice managers, and other health professionals. Their insights were invaluable as I pitched the benefits of Remote Clinical Providers and the positive impact we can have on Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and GP surgeries nationwide. - Insightful Discussion with Dr Christian Hornung: It was an absolute pleasure to discuss the impact of energy cost savings. The conversation was eye-opening, thanks to the Energy Cooperative's innovative approaches. - Catching Up with Dr Clare Sieber : It was great to speak with Dr. Clare Sieber from the well-led practice on both days. Her perspectives were enlightening and added great value to my experience. - Exciting Collaboration Prospects: I had a very interesting and in-depth conversation with Mark Smith about a potential collaboration on Long Covid multi-variant antibody immunity testing. Overall, it was a week packed with learning, networking, and exciting new prospects. #PCN #PCNS #ClinicalPharmacist #PrimaryCareshow

Really interesting concept to use community pharmacies for decentralized trials. Great to see these conversations happening. Of course there are some challenges to overcome, but with every challenge comes opportunity. =) #pharmacy #pharmacists #pharmacistsprovidecare #clinicaltrials

The nominations are in…👀 Our partnership with Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) has been shortlisted for the 2024 HSJ Events Digital Awards! 🎉 We have been nominated in not just one, but two categories: 1️⃣ Optimising Clinical Pathway through Digital 2️⃣ Supporting Elective Recovery through Digital Following the COVID-19 pandemic, SWB faced a surge in demand for MSK care – leading to delays and increased clinical risks for patients who were not undergoing thorough medical screenings before treatment. To tackle this challenge, we helped implement a digital solution focused on enhancing standardisation and efficiency, with the aim of significantly improving overall patient outcomes. By providing our Phio digital triage and self-management solutions to SWB patients, this partnership ensures they receive the right MSK care – when and where they need it. Check out the full shortlist ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eq8BGqXW #msk #healthtech #digitalhealth #physiotherapy

Today this amazing team won MultiCare’s CEO & President's Clinical Patient Outcomes & Quality Award for our Puget Sound Region! Their work this year on creating a clinical pathway for Sedation & Delirium prevention at MultiCare’s Tacoma General’s Neurotrauma Intensive Care Unit (NTICU) has now been adopted system-wide. This clinical pathway has had a huge impact on the amount of time patients require mechanical ventilation. Less ventilation time means less sedation with fewer of the harmful side effects like delirium. Part of the larger “QA-44” program I’ve been directing since 2022, this amazing interdisciplinary team has been steadily been improving our performance in the four domains of healthcare’s Quadruple Aim. We started with a mandate to improve patient and clinician wellbeing through a focus on better outcomes for our patients knowing that doing the right thing for our patients and staff would deliver dividends for the system. On every initiative the team listens to clinical champions and identifies where variance and inefficiency are impacting quality. They then work closely with local leaders implementing evidence based clinical initiatives using rapid PDSA cycles rooted in improvement science. So why do they deserve an award? Doing the right thing has really paid off, faster recovery times and shorter patient stays has meant lower bills and improved ICU capacity for these critically ill patients. Nearly $8M in total benefit and savings have been identified so far this year. Wow! Even more importantly, they are preserving the health and well-being of the patient. The NTICU team is a role model for living MultiCare core values. The NTICU leadership teams foster team development, growth and wellbeing while improving patient care, and making a difference in the lives of their patients. I’m honored to be part of this team and the service they perform improving the care our community receives! #multicare #populationhealth #pdsa #continuousimprovement #qa44 #quadrupleaim #heathcare

Examining hospital-at-home from a myriad of perspectives “At the beginning of HaH model development, the focus was more on taking care of lower acuity hospitalized patients and finding ways to care for them in the comfort and convenience of their homes. With subsequent advancements in technology, we can begin to safely expand this high-quality care model to more and more patients so they too can benefit” via Jiang L., Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH & Michael Augusti

Hospitals in the US are restructuring, and the span of control for those in executive leadership positions is expanding. The workforce may wait longer for a sighting from their hospital President when he leads four major medical centers in Boston. An Interim colleague will now lead nine hospitals in the community within a 90-mile radius; with turnover rates rising, some staff may never meet him. I imagine the leadership structure reporting to each medical center President has changed, with everyone assuming more leadership responsibilities. The trickle-down effect may result in a wider gap between the Administration and the workforce - >responsibilities = >meetings. With clinicians and leadership doing more with less, what will 2024 bring for hospitals and patients? "Our leadership updates will allow us to better deliver on our strategic goals, including providing extraordinary care to all our patients, shaping the future of healthcare through science and innovation, and providing 70% of care in the community by 2030," Kevin Tabb, MD, president and CEO of BILH, said in the release. "BILH is still relatively young as an organization and will need to continue to evolve to deliver fully on the bold priorities we have set for ourselves." Beth Israel Lahey Health I am looking for hope. 🌟 #hospitals #leadership #exitstrategies #turnover #moralinjury #academicmedicine #boston

I got a chance to attend 2 awesome conferences in the last months, #fmx2023 and #NERUCA2023 hosted by American Academy of Family Physicians and NERUCA - North East Regional Urgent Care Association, respectively. It's been a month of learning, making connections, and having fun. My main focus was to find the biggest challenges that primary care and urgent care practices are facing and see how #POCUS can become part of the solution. Here are 2 major TAKEAWAYS to be expanded upon in the future posts: 1. Urgent Care patient volumes and reimbursements are down. It's becoming increasingly difficult to negotiate reasonable contracts with private payors. So why not offer POCUS to improve care, keep imaging in-house (and thus the revenue in fee-for-service contracts), and attract new patients while building patient loyalty? 2. Value-based care is becoming the norm among primary care practices. This means patient-centric care that saves costs. Do more effective and efficient medicine, stop sending patient to the ED if you can avoid it, etc. Well, you guessed it, POCUS is a perfect solution for certain presentations. Do a compression ultrasound study to r/o a DVT (blood clot) in the office and keep them out of the ED. Do a shoulder ultrasound in the office and don't order a more expensive MRI. Give patients answers at the bedside, start them on appropriate treatment, and let them get better at home, not the hospital. Please comment below on what's your experience has been with POCUS and reimbursement in general. What are you strategies to fighting private payors to agree on reasonable rates? What's been your experience with value-based contracts and the transition to those? Lastly, I played with puppies, watched cheerleaders do flips, and also had my face printed on my latte at #FMX2023. The latte was weirdly fun to drink. #printyourfaceonyourlatte !!! #pocus #ultrasound #medicalreimbursement #primarycare #urgentcare #NERUCA #FMX2023 #valuebasedcare #patientcare #patientloyalty

Moving forward with a Patient-Centered approach

Another issue of Arizona Physician is in the books! I am grateful to amazing physicians like Ariel Forstner-Barthell, MD, Jack Palmer, MD, and Ashkan Alkhamisi, MD for participating and sharing their time with me as we put this latest issue of Arizona Physician together for all #physicians, #medicalpros, and our #AZcommunity to learn more about the great work they do. Check out the latest issue on Issuu: https://lnkd.in/gSPjKXxp

MUST READ THIS - if you work in an Aged Care Facility or Hospital??? I am thrilled to announce our partnership with Charles Darwin University in launching the world’s first Retrofit Bidet Clinical Trial, based on Users and Carers in Aged Care and Hospital. https://lnkd.in/g3aK-G6j This ground breaking study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, practicality, and effectiveness of bidets as an alternative to traditional manual post-voiding cleaning for patients, professional carers, and nurses in hospitals, homes, and aged care settings. Our research seeks to address the current gap in knowledge by exploring how electronic bidets can support patients with toileting limitations and assist staff in providing daily intimate personal care, addressing both their mental and physical care. We are inviting your facility to participate in this de-identified study, which will involve regular use of the bidet and completing an online questionnaire. Both users and carers will provide feedback on the ease of use, benefits, and limitations of the bidet. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions regarding your involvement in this project. Participation is voluntary. For full details and to register your facility, please visit Retrofit Bidet Clinical Trial. After registration, the InteliCorp team will guide you through the next steps. https://lnkd.in/g3aK-G6j Alternatively - Contact Craig, our Bidet Evangelist Extraordinaire, at [email protected] write “Clinical Trial” in the subject line. Thank you for considering participation in the Retrofit Bidet Clinical Trial. I look forward to working with you, your facility, and your participants. #bidet #ACCPA #OTNZ #OTAUS #ATSA #ATSNZ #GCHF #agedcare #hospital #rehab #happiness #thebidetshop #bidets #intelicorp