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An Acute Care Engagement Solution (ACES) can be an essential tool to ensure optimal #PatientCare and safety and improve efficiencies. https://lnkd.in/emtnsQ4t #PatientSafety #PatientExperience

An Acute Care Engagement Solution (ACES) can be an essential tool to ensure optimal #PatientEngagement, care, and safety and improve efficiencies. https://lnkd.in/emtnsQ4t #PatientCare #PatientSafety

In a new Patient Safety Spotlight interview on the hub today we speak to Rachel Power, Chief Executive of The Patients Association. Rachel talks to us about how patient partnership is key to tackling major issues facing the healthcare system and describes the central role of communication in improving patient safety: https://lnkd.in/eXPuW_MD #pslhub #patientsafety #patientengagement #patientinvolvement #patientpartnership #healthdisparities #healthinequalities

Imagine if a simple shift in hospital discharge times could improve patient flow and end emergency department overcrowding. By exploring the 'patient dissociation curve' and the critical median hour of discharge, this intriguing approach could hold the key to solving one of healthcare's biggest challenges. Curious to see how this idea can transform patient care and hospital efficiency? Read an interesting piece written by Dr DJ Hamblin-Brown - our Greybeard Healthcare Expert in Clinical Safety and HealthTech, on this highly timely topic. #patientflow #patientexperience #healthcare #healthcareleaders #clinicalexperts #emergencydepartment #hospitalefficiency #hospitals #patientoutcome #healthandcare #health4all #greybeardhealthcare. https://lnkd.in/d9eUvgrm

Patient Experience is multidimensional and multifaceted. It’s considered to be an independent dimension of healthcare quality. Understanding patient perceptions around safety is an important consideration for us to consider. It’s a basic need, therefore, we must integrate probing questions that assesses our patients’ perceptions of safety. For instance, clinical observations of hand hygiene is a standard practice. Let’s take it a step further and ask our patients targeted questions around their perceptions of hand hygiene. Do our patients understand why barcode scanning is integral to their safety? Do our nurses consistently verbalize how scanning our patients’ ID bracelets enhances safety by helping to prevent medication errors? This article identifies how patient perceptions around safety is a key driver for our KPIs. It also provides patient engagement and patient experience strategies that can be applied in hospital and ambulatory care settings. #patientexperience #ambulatorycare #hospital #patientsafetyfirst

Explore the importance of efficient communication between EMS and hospitals during emergency situations. Efficient, real-time communication of crucial patient information can make all the difference. Learn how quick, clear exchanges between EMS and hospital teams lead to faster specialty team activation and reduced treatment times. Read Now: https://bit.ly/4c90Bri #HealthCare #Medical #EmergencyMedicine

Clinicians spend far too much of their time completing documentation, making it even harder to keep up with growing demand. Learn how Gold Coast Health is streamlining clinical workflows and reducing the administrative burden with #DragonMedicalOne—and giving clinicians more time to care: https://lnkd.in/eE_2ztq7 #WhatsNext #ClinicianBurnout #PatientExperience

Communication forms the backbone of collaboration, allowing healthcare teams to share critical patient information, diagnostic insights, treatment plans, and updates on patient conditions. Breakdowns can have dire results. A button push instead of a phone call or an email can save much time and even a life. Let's talk about how we can streamline communications and workflows to improve collaboration in your hospital. https://lnkd.in/e5V9TXpk

Less than 1/3 of providers in post-acute care currently track hospital readmissions. Which is kind of a big deal. Because this crucial industry KPI helps prove your quality care outcomes, which ultimately brings in more customers, more employees, and overall more revenue. While it's easy to get a little tired, distracted, and noncompliant during the holidays—what better time to emphasize preventing hospital readmissions than right now. Here's how to ensure your customers are kept healthy, at home, and out of the hospital this holiday season: ❄️ 1. Have your staff give clear reminders related to their customers' existing health conditions. Teach your staff how to recognize and intervene early if any compromising symptoms arise. ❄️ 2. Remind your care staff to have empathy for those who don't enjoy the hustle and bustle of the season. Have them keep communication lines open with their clients/patients by asking how they are feeling and be ready to intervene with your team if you discover that a patient requires some extra emotional or mental support. ❄️ 3. Have your staff brush up on the limitations of their clients/patients. Encourage a balance where patients can maintain positive steps toward optimal health outcomes and still participate in some manner in their favorite activities. ❄️ 4. Make sure your staff and customers understand the importance of early intervention. During the holiday season especially, be sure to work with attending providers and adjust patient care plans as soon as any complication or new, worrisome symptom arises. ❄️ 5. Don’t forget that provider offices, pharmacies, and equipment companies may have different hours of operation during the holiday season, which may limit access to resources. Always know the availability of your resources, but particularly during holidays, so you can get your patients what they need to remain safe at home. Learn what else you can do to prevent hospital readmissions in the comments below.

How we respond to harm in health care is an important -but often overlooked- element of patient safety. A compassionate, transparent response can help patients and families in their healing process and help health systems prevent future harm. A new patient safety measure from CMS will promote harm response programs nationally, a move welcomed by the Pathway to Accountability, Compassion, and Transparency (PACT). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKmQiBHK