"Our first-time pass rates in 2022 have declined since 2021 and 2020," said Rayna Letourneau, an assistant professor with the University of South Florida and executive director with Florida Center for Nursing. "So, we've seen a decline over the past three years, and that's also consistent with what we've seen nationally."
New programs like Hospital-at-Home and Acute-Care-at-Home are giving health systems an opportunity to reduce inpatient traffic and give patients the care they need in their own homes.
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Recent CMS and CDC rulings offer hope that health systems will show more love for innovative treatments like digital therapeutics and virtual platforms.
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The Rhode Island School of Design's Center for Complexity has developed a new tool that helps non-English patients accurately describe their pain for emergency care providers.
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