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Nursing leaders share strategies for reducing documentation burden

By Kat Jercich for Healthcare IT News The root causes of nursing burnout are varied – as are potential solutions for it. However, given that nurses are frequently responsible for clinical documentation, it’s perhaps not surprising that reducing documentation burden is frequently cited as a key strategy for fighting burnout. Whether it’s through more in-depth electronic health record…

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Empowered doctors, staff foster low medical practice burnout, poll finds

By Ron Shinkman for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: A new study in Health Affairs found a correlation between lack of burnout and the overall cultural health and resiliency of medical practices. Researchers surveyed 715 medical practices in 12 states. Burnout was gauged by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, a tool that measures emotional exhaustion of…

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How top EHR vendors ranked in hospital beds gained, lost in 2020

Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review While 2020 was not Epic’s largest year for EHR market share growth, the Verona, Wis.-based EHR vendor gained more hospital contracts and beds than its competitors for the year, according to a recent KLAS Research report. For its “U.S. Hospital Market Share 2021” report, KLAS examined EHR purchasing activity and…

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‘No masks, no social distancing’: How 14 states are responding to new CDC mask guidance

By Clarissa Barnes, MD for Becker’s Hospital Review Most states are adjusting mask mandates and policies after the CDC updated its guidelines May 13. Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks or follow social distancing guidelines in most indoor settings, according to the CDC. Some states — including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona,…

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Chart Conundrums: Queries: Moving Beyond Business as Usual to Identify Learning Opportunities

By Clarissa Barnes, MD for For The Record While often said in jest, my dislike of getting queries delivered to my inbox is (at least indirectly) 100% responsible for my work as a physician advisor. Queries were an intrusion in my otherwise organized workflow. It seemed like my only option was to keep answering them…

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The best way for hospitals to avoid revenue loss: 2 execs weigh in

By Katie Adams from Becker’s Hospital Review U.S. hospital margins are remaining narrow, prompting healthcare revenue cycle leaders to examine their processes and make sure no money is falling through the cracks. Donna Ellenburg, revenue cycle director at Birmingham, Ala.-based Grandview Medical Center, said hospitals can avoid losing revenue by adhering to the following process: verifying…

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Guest post: Patience required for onboarding and mentoring new CDI staff

By Sonja Racke, RN, BSBM, CPC, CRCR for the ACDIS CDI Blog How many of you remember the nursing days of “see one, do one, teach one?” Of having Nurse Wretched (not Ratchet) hanging over your shoulder while inserting your first Foley catheter in a female grumbling “just look for the blinking eye” and then…

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COVID-19 herd immunity likely unattainable, experts say

By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review Early in the COVID-19 crisis, herd immunity, occurring when most of a population has immunity based on prior infection or vaccination, was considered a way out of the pandemic. Now, experts are saying such a threshold is unattainable, The New York Times reported May 3. That’s in part due to the…

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Poor EHR usability linked to nurse burnout, patient mortality and readmission: study

By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review EHR usability issues are being associated with nurse burnout, which can lead to higher rates of surgical patient mortality and readmissions, according to a recent study published in the journal Medical Care. For the study, a team of University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing researchers analyzed data on 343…

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