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The Role of Reporting in Combatting Nursing Home Abuse 

American Medical Compliance

Documentation : Detailed documentation is crucial. Collaboration with Advocacy Groups : Partnering with organizations that specialize in elder care can provide additional resources and support. This may involve moving the resident to a safer location or contacting emergency services.

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AWS announces healthcare workforce accelerator cohort

Healthcare It News

He noted that many of the startups are helping providers "reduce individual workloads by removing friction in day-to-day processes, streamlining clinical workflows, reducing documentation burden, outsourcing basic tasks to artificial intelligence-enabled solutions and supporting well-being and flexible work arrangements."

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Bonus Features – October 20, 2024 – Clinicians spend 28 hours per week on admin tasks, 80% of adults 18-24 willing to use generative AI in healthcare, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

WeightWatchers for Business found 69% of consumers want employers to offer weight management health benefits ; this compares to 67% who want mental/behavioral health benefits and 37% who want child/elder care assistance.

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Empowering Staff to Address Skin Issues in Assisted Living 

American Medical Compliance

Routine Skin Assessments Regular skin assessments should be a standard part of care in assisted living facilities. Enroll your large team in our customized, free course development program today and take the first step toward excellence in elder care! Click here.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient education material in the form of images, documents and videos is pushed to patients through the app, as well. During the COVID-19 epidemic where elder patients are at the highest risk and where hospitals are at overcapacity due to COVID-19, SafeBeing helps keep patients safer at home or in elder care facilities, and out of hospitals.

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Digital Capabilities & Emerging Tech Hold The Keys to Surviving Healthcare’s “Silver Tsunami”

HIT Consultant

Smarter, not harder Although still a nascent field, healthcare AI may also hold the key to meeting the growing demands for elder care as well as the challenges of maintaining supply in the face of staffing shortages. hours a day completing EHR-related documentation tasks.

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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

It also “naturalized heteronormativity and gender hierarchy” between the wage earner and housewife, not recognizing her care provision as work, but rather as a natural expression of femininity.