Nurses and providers typically assess patient acuity and volume at the beginning of their shift, whether formally or informally. Managers use patient acuity to balance nursing assignments, and nursing staff uses it to determine which patient care action should be prioritized next. Taking a standardized approach to acuity assessments not only provides more objectivity, but also gives hospitals the data they need to make a variety of tactical and strategic decisions, from daily unit staffing to
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Patient Handoffs
TransformativeMed Expands Free COVID-19 EHR App to 10 Additional Health Systems
What You Need to Know:
- Today, TransformativeMed announced that it has expanded its free Cores COVID-19 App to an additional 10 health systems and medical centers across the U.S., as well as King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia.
- The Cores COVID-19 App is embedded in Cerner’s EHR and allows physicians and clinicians to track patient tests, segment them based on results, monitor symptoms checklists, track lab results, and summarize and react to comments and other information.
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TransformativeMed Offers Free EHR-Integrated COVID-19 Tracking and Workflow Solution to Seattle-Based Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- TransformativeMed offers free COVID-19 tracking and workflow solution to Seattle-based hospitals and medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The application works with electronic health records to track patient medical tests; helps with coronavirus patient workflows.
- COVID-19/CORES is already being used at UW Medicine, which includes the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center.
TransformativeMed, which transforms
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How Hospitals Can Improve Patient Flow Through Location-Aware Healthcare IoT
Nearly every healthcare setting wants to improve their patient flow.Overcrowded emergency rooms. Convoluted surgery schedules. Clunky patient handoffs between departments. Delayed discharges. Ambulance diversions. Long wait times for care or, even worse, patients abandoning treatment due to long wait times.Disruptions in the patient flow need to be taken seriously.But what kind of data do hospital administrators need to make informed changes to their patient flow and where do they find it?Rich,
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MEDITECH Expanse EHR Unveils Labor and Delivery Solution for Nurses
MEDITECH Expanse Enterprise Health Record (EHR), today announced the launch of Expanse Labor and Delivery solution to help ensure that the transition is safe and seamless from labor through postpartum care. Developed to bridge any gaps between prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care, the Expanse Labor and Delivery solution allows clinicians to review the complete patient story across the care continuum, while improving patient handoffs, mitigating patient risks, streamlining workflows
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Why Veterans Deserve Better Patient Handoffs at Care Transitions
Communication failures in U.S. Hospitals are a leading cause of preventable medical errors and adverse events. The most dangerous times are patient care transitions at the time of shift changes and patient transfers between hospital areas, healthcare facilities, and care settings. According to the Joint Commission, an estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during “handoffs” and between care providers at patient care transitions. In light of
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