Moving Forward Coalition’s Post

Meet one of our committee members – Lisa Morris, BPharm, MS, BCGP, FASCP who is executive director, clinical services for Consana Health ... Lisa just recently earned her Master's in Biomedical Informatics from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)! 🌟 KUDOS! We asked Lisa why nursing home is urgent issue right now, insights about the Coalition, and what inspires her to lean in. Here are a few bits of what she shared: 👉 WHY REFORM NOW? ... because the members of our society who require nursing home services (that's not just adults over 65, by the way) deserve the best possible care while living in a secure, respectful, and dignified environment. Higher standards need to be set for nursing homes, and that means increased #transparency , #accountability , more family involvement, and especially more #innovation to raise the standards and expectations of this industry. 👉 BEING PART OF THE COALITION I love being part of this Coalition - we are driving innovation and improvement in an industry that is often overlooked. The unwavering optimism of all of the people who are involved... and the widely varied backgrounds of those involved - from residents to families to #healthcare practitioners to data scientists - everyone here wants the best for nursing home #citizens and all viewpoints are carefully considered. Even better, watching these viewpoints become action items for the #greatergood is so satisfying. 👉 IF SHE HAD A FAVORITE ACTION PLAN: HIT Action Plan The goal is to adopt #HIT in all nursing homes. Having HIT in all nursing homes will open up so many opportunities for improvement in everything from basic care to staff training, to culture to #diversityandinclusion. Working with experienced leaders in the industry, assessing available data, and finding ways to include every facility in the progression to no matter where they are in their HIT journey is an ambitious but necessary and achievable agenda. To read the HIT Action Plan: https://lnkd.in/eW_d873B 👉 CHECK OUT THESE PODCASTS: AAPACN podcast - Lisa discusses changes to the American Geriatrics Society’s Beers Criteria and its impact on skilled nursing facilities with Amy Stewart https://lnkd.in/ew4VC4kQ NCQA podcast, "Inside Health Care" – where Lisa and colleague, Karmen Stephens, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP, discuss both gender #healthequity and today’s pharmacists and their roles and positions in the health care ecosystem. https://lnkd.in/e3qmHAxA #movingforward #nursinghomes #genderequality #HIT #healthcaretechnology #nursinghomes #geriatrics #agingwell #seniorliving #eldercare #longtermcare #equity #pharmacists

"You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win - no matter the outcome." - Robin Williams as Patch Adams In the 20 years I have been in healthcare, this truly been my model to live by as to how I approach patient care. Technology in health care has advanced so much in 20 years, and is continuing to evolve at and exponential rate. But what is technology in the eyes of the person that we are treating. That person has to be at the center. As Rob Fraser so eloquently stated "Nurses possess an innate ability to solve-problems. We holistically assess patients, interprete orders, initiate care plans and manage complex cases while working in resource-constrained environments. As healthcare professionals, nurses are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve the delivery of healthcare services every day." As technology advances we need to continue to keep the person at the center, in order to win. #NursesAtVive #patientfirst #woundcarenurse

We had a wonderful discussion about revolutionizing care at home today at #ViVE2024, which was a #NursesAtVive session. It was an honor to share the stage with Oriana Beaudet, DNP RN FAAN Kathy Driscoll MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CCM and Joel Macey Nurses possess an innate ability to solve-problems. We holistically assess patients, interprete orders, initiate care plans and manage complex cases while working in resource-constrained environments. As healthcare professionals, nurses are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve the delivery of healthcare services every day. My journey with digital wound care started as a nursing student 16 years ago. I used the smart phone to capture wound images and the experience sparked my interest in exploring the potential of technology in healthcare. Now I am fortunate to lead clinical innovation at Swift Medical, focusing on implementing new product features, demonstrating evidence-based outcomes, and building analytics tools to measure the impact of our product on patients, clinicians and organizations using our software. Recently, we published results that demonstrated how clinicians who adopted our software were able to provide more efficient and effective wound care that improved wound healing time by 36% for tens of thousands of patients, reduced facilities‘ pressure injuries prevalence by 13% year over year, reduced their regulatory fines, and created a 6x return on investment. What I’ve learned from working in digital health is the benefits do not come from simply changing clinical practice from paper to electronic form. It is about adopting solutions that enable us as clinicians to change our practice, our organization’s processes, and how we work within healthcare systems. Working with home health organizations that have adopted our technology, I see those changes. Nurses report better decision-making at the point of care because they have objective feedback driven by standardized AI-powered wound measurement. Wound images securely captured in their records, enable field staff to collaborate with their home office and clinical experts at their organization. It is easier to engage with providers who may need to change orders or make referrals, and those providers can do so because the wound information is readily available. These digital changes enable virtual and remote collaboration models. Clinicians working in patients’ home are no longer alone, they are digitally connected. This means we can shift the way care is delivered, improve health system collaboration and drive better outcomes. As we at Swift continue to scale up digital wound care in home health, we see the following outcomes. Using our access to big data, we see healing times are better than published median days to heal. These clinical benefits result in lower visit utilization, staff optimization while maintaining quality, and patients benefiting from fewer complications, such as reduced hospitalizations.

The nation’s physician shortage could reach as high as 86,000 by 2036. America’s physician workforce is growing older and moving toward retirement age in the coming years. One in five doctors (20%) are currently 65 or older, and another 22% are between the ages of 55 and 64. As experienced doctors get ready to retire, the nation will need more healthcare providers. Also, the number of Americans who are 65 or older is expected to grow by 34% by 2036, and older Americans typically have greater healthcare needs. Nurse practitioners can help to meet these growing healthcare needs, with full practice authority legislation #SB25 and #HB1825 that would increase access to care in Pennsylvania. Join PCNP in Harrisburg on April 30 to rally for full practice authority for nurse practitioners in Pennsylvania! Click here to learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eZCjVNZT #NursePractitioners #HealthCare #AccessToCare #HealthcareShortage #PatientCare #PrimaryCareShortage #FullPracticeAuthority

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for health care filled with new advancements and challenges. Hear from several industry leaders, including DaVita’s chief nursing officer, share their priorities for the year ahead: https://ow.ly/j0O730sAMzI

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for health care filled with new advancements and challenges. Hear from several industry leaders, including DaVita’s chief nursing officer, share their priorities for the year ahead: https://ow.ly/v8FS30szOAI

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for health care filled with new advancements and challenges. Hear from several industry leaders, including DaVita’s chief nursing officer, share their priorities for the year ahead: https://ow.ly/IWkZ30sBBC3

In the face of staffing realities, Conduit Health Partners can ease the burden for those delivering direct in-person care. Providing patients, residents, community members, employees and others immediate access to advice and help from a registered nurse can ease access to care and drive better patient outcomes. #triage, #accesstocare, #nursefirst, #conduit

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for health care filled with new advancements and challenges. Hear from several industry leaders, including DaVita’s chief nursing officer, share their priorities for the year ahead: https://ow.ly/VJ8T30sAqxI

2024 is shaping up to be a transformative year for health care filled with new advancements and challenges. Hear from several industry leaders, including DaVita’s chief nursing officer, share their priorities for the year ahead: https://ow.ly/MAEt30szXeH