Five issues hospital teams must address to optimize their HAPI management program For busy hospital staff, caring for patients with pressure injuries (PIs) is difficult, complex, and often frustrating. Within a hospital setting, PIs are defined by the acronym HAPI, which stands for Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
10 questions that help turn data into actionable insights What’s one of the most widely used words in healthcare today? Chances are it’s “data.” It’s everywhere, from reporting performance and outcomes to exploring demographics and staffing patterns. The question for today is: are you using data to create actions that lead to meaningful change? Or…
Make you, your leaders, and patients happy by avoiding HAPIs All clinicians strive to prevent hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs)…and for good reason. Stage III, Stage IV, and unstageable HAPIs are categorized as “never events” under the CMS Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) program1 and can lead to substantial penalties and lost reimbursement. About 2.5 million patients acquire…
Digital imaging technologies have revolutionized the healthcare industry, providing advanced data and insights for optimal patient care. However, some home health providers are not fully utilizing these technologies, leading to inefficient manual measurements and inadequate coordination of patient care data. By taking advantage of digital imaging technologies, home health providers can benefit from the following:…
Results of innovative pilot featured in Health Informatics New Zealand Wound care can be challenging, especially for providers with multiple patients with chronic conditions in remote areas. Technology like Net Health® Tissue Analytics, which uses machine learning to analyze wound images and automatically measure healing, is changing the paradigm globally and bringing value to wound…
Find real-world guidance for investing in your next wound care software solution If you are looking for new wound care software, chances are you have questions, a lot of them. Getting the information you need starts with asking the right questions. Our latest ebook, “The 10 Most Important Questions to Ask When Wound Care Software…
Wired cities, 5G, 10G, satellites, and a host of technologies keep most of us connected, most of the time. But in healthcare, there are always what-ifs. What if the grid goes down? Is a connection slow and inefficient? What if you are visiting a home health patient in a remote area with no internet or…
Emphasizing the clinical benefits and overall ROI provides data leadership understands and needs With the financial and operational pressures on hospital and clinic administrators today, finding ways to validate the value of programs and services offered has become a necessity. Quantifiable ways to show value are essential in everything from quality ratings and documentation to…
We know pressure injuries are on the rise, and they can wreak havoc with patient health and a hospital’s bottom line. If your hospital is like most, you’ve already taken steps to implement a pressure injury prevention program (PIPP). And it’s likely based, at least in part, on the guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare…
“Healthcare organizations are using a digital health platform to help care teams monitor wounds in real time and reduce the chance of hospital-acquired pressure injuries,” reports an article in the October 7 issue of Healthleaders, one of the top news magazines in the industry. Other key takeaways in the article noted that poor wound care…
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