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Combatting Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care: Challenges and Opportunities of Electronic Monitoring

Bill of Health

The Nursing Reform Act of 1987 does provide a legal right for residents to be free from abuse. One place where aging adults are likely to experience elder abuse occurs in long-term care (LTC) environments; this has been described as a “public health concern” in relation to the nursing home setting. Audio-only recording is prohibited.

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Nurses Earn Highest Grade for Care Far Above All Other Health Care Workers — Including Doctors — In Latest Gallup Poll

Jane Sarashon

Nurses rank highest among various factors in the U.S. Further substantiation for nurses’ topping this poll of excellent care is that Gallup found historic low confidence in the U.S. The second chart arrays the historical trend downward for all healthcare players (except walk-in/urgent care clinics) looking back to 2003 to 2023.

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While providers make clinical discoveries faster, RPM is shifting to a new care model

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"For example, as more patients request or are assigned RPM care plans, providers are required to expand care coordination staff, typically nurses, or assign larger and larger populations to existing clinicians," he continued. The galvanizing event was the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003.

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Comply with Privacy Rights to Avoid Unconsented Intimate Exams

AIHC

These revisions resulted from recent articles, media reports, and concerns from nurses, some physicians, and medical students opposing these exams. [3],[4] 2003 Fall;58(4):217-20; discussion 221-2. Hastings Cent Rep. 2022 Jan;52(1):28-31. doi: 10.1002/hast.1337. PMID: 35143067 [4] Wilson RF. J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972).

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HPG, a Leader in EHR Technology Integration, Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS

Healthcare IT Today

CEO Bob Hayden, who along with partner Brent Budke founded HDS in 2003, said of the acquisition: “HDS has had a strong connection with HPG leadership for many years, and we have long respected the company’s vision and success. For more information, visit hds-llc.com.

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Chartis Establishes the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions

Healthcare IT Today

DES Health Consulting works with multi-hospital healthcare systems to reduce burnout and improve retention, safety, quality, and physician and nurse satisfaction. “By In 1995, he began treating physicians and nurses at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

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Building a Quality Education Program That’s Good Enough 

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You may also choose to split all required documents into job categories – clinical, non-clinical, nursing, etc. For example, as a nurse, you need to know how the shift changes, how to give reports, how to check the emergency cart, or how to fill out incident reports. early in their tenure with you.

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