September 13, 2022
Each September, the United States observes Suicide Prevention Month. The month is dedicated to raising awareness around mental health and addressing the increasing rates of suicide in recent years. Suicide prevention is an important topic in healthcare, as clinicians may be more likely impacted by depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. This is evident in the…
August 23, 2022
The underlying theoretical concepts of the pathophysiology of Long COVID are as complex as the clinical syndrome itself. Determining how to make the diagnosis of Long COVID provides a different set of complexities itself, as it presents with a wide range of clinical syndromes. Recent publications and several meta-analyses have shed light on many general…
August 15, 2022
As I was reflecting on the upcoming observance day for women’s equality, a podcast I listened to on the U.S. Constitution, and specifically, the episode on the fight for women’s rights, came to mind. That episode covered both the wins, most notably the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, and…
We’re proud to announce that 19 of our partner facilities were named to the Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals 2022: Community Hospitals list. “The organizations on this year’s 100 Top Hospitals list represent those that held up best against the pandemic’s ongoing stress test. They achieved better results than peer institutions on performance indicators intended to…
July 19, 2022
Skilled Nursing News interviewed TeamHealth’s Darren Swenson, MD, CPE, MSHQSM, System Medical Director, Post-Acute Care, to gain his views on lowering readmissions through data integration. Dr. Swenson recommends focusing on three data points in particular: antipsychotic use, fall risk and overall risk of readmission. Collectively, these data points can help chronic care management programs mitigate…
July 13, 2022
Operational barriers and a lack of collaboration between emergency medicine (EM) and hospital medicine (HM) clinicians can often hamper efforts to improve clinical quality. The residual strain of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing recovery from the shifting patient volumes and high-stress clinicians faced continues to heighten these barriers. When a Georgia facility sought to improve…
June 28, 2022
Skilled Nursing News interviewed Darren Swenson, MD, CPE, MSHQSM, System Medical Director, Post-Acute Care, to gain his perspectives on the value of chronic care management. He outlines three key data points every post-acute provider needs to know in order to achieve a lower cost of care, better clinical outcomes and a better patient experience. Download…