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📢 Breaking News: New Survey Unveils Patient Concerns Over Needlesticks in Hospitals.   Our long-term reliable partner #BD, a global leader in medical technology, has just released the findings of a comprehensive survey conducted by The Harris Poll, shedding light on a critical issue affecting patient care – excessive needlesticks during medical procedures.   📍The survey, which collected responses from over 2,000 adults in the United States, including those who have undergone IV therapy or blood draws during a hospital stay, exposes a concerning trend: many patients endure multiple needle insertions, amplifying fears and misconceptions surrounding common medical procedures.   Key findings include:   ✔ Widespread Fear: More than half of Americans (51%) harbor some fear of needles, with the fear of multiple needle insertions ranking as a top concern. ✔ High Incidence of Multiple Sticks: Shockingly, 11% of participants needed 10 or more needlesticks for a single blood sample, and over half required multiple attempts for procedures like IV insertion and blood draws. ✔ Nurse Concerns: Nurses express strong concern over the negative impact of repetitive needlesticks on patient care delivery and workflow efficiency. ✔ Call for Solutions: While interest in innovative technologies like ultrasound-guided IV insertion and needle-free blood collection is high, awareness remains limited among the general public. Rachelle Landry, MBA, BSN, RN, FACHE, LSSYB, CLHP, Vice President of Clinical Transformation at BD, emphasizes the urgency of addressing this issue: "Repeated needlestick attempts create additional work and stress for frontline clinicians and risk damaging a patient's vessel health. It's time for change."   👉🏻BD's "One-Stick Hospital Stay" vision aims to revolutionize patient care by minimizing needlesticks. This approach focuses on achieving successful first-stick insertion, utilizing single access points for therapies and blood draws, and maximizing device longevity.   With 85% of surveyed Americans pledging to advocate for themselves during future hospital stays, there's a growing momentum for change. BD remains committed to advancing the standard of care for IV therapy and blood draws, guided by insights from this groundbreaking survey.   Together, let's work towards a future where needlesticks are a thing of the past.   #PatientCare #MedicalInnovation #HealthcareEquality #BD #Interlux #Laborama #Multilabo #Sormedica 

Referrals are our favorite! There is no greater compliment than a patient sharing about their positive experience with their friends. CCM by nurses makes a difference! If you haven’t yet implemented a CCM program or wish you had a little more support in the office, email us at [email protected], and we will share how we might be able to help! #chroniccaremanagement #remotepatientmonitoring #principalcaremanagement #caremanagement #qualityhealthcare #qualityimprovement #healthcare #ccm #rpm #pcm #patientcenteredcare #valuebasedcare #nurseledchange #nurseleddifference #primarycare #specialtycare #pcp #cardiology #casemanagement #carecoordination #healthcaresolutions #makinghealthcarebettertogether

Infusion centers need to maximize the utilization of their finite resources to optimize patient access to treatment. Unfortunately, chair capacity and nurse workloads often limit access to care due to poor resource allocation. In a recent Becker's Healthcare webinar with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Manager of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology & Outpatient Infusion, Children's Hospital Outpatient Center, Ashley Frost, MSN, RN, CPN, shared how iQueue for Infusion Centers improved patient flow and nurse satisfaction. Looking to the infusion center's unique challenges, implementing iQueue led to: 🔹 An 85% reduction in the number of appointments scheduled 10+ weeks in advance, unlocking capacity and reducing scheduler workload 🔹 A shift of short-duration appointments (of 1 to 3 hours) to the afternoon, freeing long-chair capacity during peak and mid-day hours 🔹 Real-time staffing assignments based on nurses' current workloads 🔎 Check out more key highlights in the article to learn how the facility optimized resource allocation and eliminated operational challenges: https://bit.ly/3zB2xM1

Further evidence the "Medical System" is EVISCERATED. "Diagnostic #errors among hospitalized #adults who #died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (#icu ) were fairly #common , a #retrospective cohort #study suggested. Diagnostic errors are thought to #contribute to more #patient harms than other types of errors, according to "Improving Diagnosis in Health Care," a 2015  from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and few #studies have examined #diagnostic errors in #hospitals inpatients, Auerbach and #colleagues noted." #medicine #medicalsciences #hospitals #hospitalmanagement #sciencecommunity #diagnostic #diagnostics #protocols #physicians #patients #nursepractitioner #nurses #ceo

NURS FPX 4900 Assessment 5 is a crucial component of the course, likely encompassing topics pertinent to nursing practice, patient care, and healthcare management. With a concise title, it suggests a focus on evaluation, potentially involving case studies, research analysis, or clinical scenarios. Click ON Below Assessment: https://lnkd.in/ejiHVAKX

In many hospitals, maintaining enough specialists to meet demand proves difficult, and that demand is only rising. Filling these gaps will require creative thinking — and as David M. Mitchell lays out here, hospitalists can be perfectly placed to step in with minimal disruptions. Allowing hospitalists who already have broad knowledge of their institution and patient base to specialize is not only a practical decision: it opens up new avenues for these physicians to learn and grow throughout their careers.    As hospitalist roles grow, our potential for bringing better inpatient experiences expands as well. Subspeciality tracks for hospitalists could come with many benefits, such as aiding smaller and more limited hospitals with staffing issues. This strategy also takes advantage of hospitalists’ preexisting foundation of training and expertise, encouraging them to pursue specialties where they might already have a passion. Smilow Cancer Hospital Yale New Haven Hospital Yale New Haven Health #HowWeHospitalist #HospitalMedicine #Hospitalist #HospitalistRoles

FREE WEBINAR BEFORE IT’S MANDATORY: UNDERSTANDING OAS CAHPS Monday, 9/30 @ 11:00AM PT Presented by: Kristi Burgess DNP, RN Director of Business Development, JL Morgan & Associates, Inc. The CMS ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) measure, ASC-15 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Survey (OAS CAHPS), collects information about patients’ experiences of care in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). This currently voluntary measure will become mandatory in 2025 for all ASCs with noncompliant facilities subjected to a 2% reduction in their annual Medicare payment update. This session will provide the information you need to know regarding CMS-approved survey vendors, survey purpose and details, ASC implementation guidelines, and public reporting. https://lnkd.in/gkh7Pn4

The Joint Commission’s 2024 National Patient Safety Goals The Joint Commission recently released the 2024 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for specific programs. Specific program chapters include ambulatory health care, assisted living community, behavioral health care and human services, critical access hospital, hospital, home care, laboratory, nursing care center, and office-based surgery. The Joint Commission gathers information about emerging patient safety issues from widely recognized experts and stakeholders. The National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) inform sentinel event alerts, performance measures, and educational materials. Pharmacists can utilize the NPSGs for specific programs such as the Ambulatory Health Care Chapter, Hospital Chapter, and Critical Access Hospital Chapter to guide and improve patient safety in each healthcare setting. View the 2024 National Patient Safety Goals here: https://lnkd.in/gX_cZHQp

Referrals are our favorite! There is no greater compliment than a patient sharing about their positive experience with their friends. CCM by nurses makes a difference! If you haven’t yet implemented a CCM program or wish you had a little more support in the office, email us at [email protected], and we will share how we might be able to help! #chroniccaremanagement #remotepatientmonitoring #principalcaremanagement #caremanagement #qualityhealthcare #qualityimprovement #healthcare #ccm #rpm #pcm #patientcenteredcare #valuebasedcare #nurseledchange #nurseleddifference #primarycare #specialtycare #pcp #cardiology #casemanagement #carecoordination #healthcaresolutions #makinghealthcarebettertogether

GPs Are On your Side If you have lost your family doctor, you are not alone. General Practice is broken. Help us fix it.    You have probably noticed that something is wrong. Look at the difficulty you have in getting an appointment at your local surgery. When you do get through, it may not be an appointment with a GP at all. Have you lost your regular family doctor? You are not alone. General Practice is collapsing. Every practice across England is struggling to keep its doors open. We value our patients. We know that most patients value us too, especially when they need us regularly. You know we can deal with most of your health problems, keep you out of hospital, and have your best interests at heart. The problem is with the mismanagement of the NHS. Your GP is an expert in general medical practice – trained over 10 years to deal with complex problems, spot serious symptoms, and decide when you need specialist help at the hospital. But did you know that your practice receives just £107.57 per year for each patient, whatever their health needs. That’s less than the cost of an annual TV licence. It’s just 30p a day for every patient registered with us – less than the cost of an apple. We believe general practice deserves a bigger slice of NHS funding so we can train and hire more GPs, deliver the services you require and make it easier for you and your loved ones to get appointments to see your GP and practice team. GPs want the same things that you do. We believe nobody should struggle to see their family doctor. General Practice should be as it once was – a familiar family doctor, offering continuity of care in a surgery full of friendly familiar faces within a safe building where you knew you would get the care you needed.   How can you support your family doctor? Talk to any election candidate who you come across When candidates from the political parties come knocking on your door, ask them what they will do to save general practice. What will they do so you can see a GP in a modern local surgery? Join the patient participation group at your local practice Your local practice should have a patient participation group (PPG), which you could join to support the practice and influence the way they deliver local services.  Ask your surgery receptionist for further information about the existing group or details on how you might start one up. These slides are available to consider showing at a PPG meeting. The National Association for Patient Participation has useful information, too. General Practice has been broken. Help us fix it. GPs Are On Your Side