Mental & Emotional Health
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores and Meaningful Use initiatives are pushing providers in all settings to do more-often with less. The right patient education programming, can help a provider align their care to meet these regulatory goals. The ...
The Wellness Network (TWN), which acquired Milner-Fenwick, is a leading publisher of patient education videos and resources. TWN videos and delivery platforms are currently used by over 53% of U.S. hospitals and accessible to patients anytime, anywhere. HealthClips videos are short and concise, ...
The quality of patient education is having a direct impact on financial success for healthcare providers. Relevant, engaging and clinically accurate patient education that helps patients better understand and manage their health has been proven to reduce readmissions and increase patient satisfaction. Whether accessible on your website, available ...
Patient satisfaction has been garnering an increasing amount of attention, since healthcare began its shift to a value-based, more patient-centric system. In an effort to measure “value” as opposed to volume, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) have begun implementing the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare ...
A better-educated patient is a more engaged patient, and that may lead to a quicker recovery, reduced length of stay and higher patient satisfaction. A strong commitment to the power of education is one of the core principles behind Willis-Knighton’s creation of WKTV, an internal patient education channel ...
As value-based care initiatives slowly shift the focus of the business of healthcare from “transactions” to sustainable health processes, regulatory bodies have been issuing guidelines at a frenzied pace. Growing research on caregiver influence on patient compliance and legislation have physician and healthcare vendors looking for ways to ...
Are your patient education tools viewed as just “nice to have” or does your administration recognize their impact on reducing the cost of readmissions and improving reimbursements? More than ever before, the quality of patient education is having a direct impact on financial success for healthcare providers. Relevant, engaging ...
Their new strategy for better healthcare, reduced readmissions, and improved HCAHPS scores. “We’re all in this together.” Five words that are frequently spoken, but for Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center, it was Fran Jacobs, RN, MS, AOCN, who made the words resonate with hospitalists and patients alike. Jacobs, ...
Could common mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety be compromising patient healing after discharge? A recent study conducted by the Mental Health Research Network found that patients with comorbid psychiatric illness are at higher risk for 30-day all cause readmissions than those without mental health disorders. The study, which ...