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Burnout has taken the joy out of medicine for many nurses and physicians, leading to 1 in 5 healthcare workers leaving their jobs since 2020, and creating a shortage that is difficult to solve through recruitment. A digital strategy for rural health care can reduce burnout, keep staff at rural hospitals, and provide a better experience for patients so they continue to return for their health care needs. Remember, the most important part to your digital strategy – or any strategy, for that matter – is going to be putting the patient first and doing the right thing with your colleagues in mind. Read more on this in SmartBrief: https://lnkd.in/euTF5Fyx #HealthcareStrategy #RuralHealthcare #PhysicianBurnout #DigitalTransformation

What is the state of the Primary Health Care services in your area? Let us bring the goodies home🧖🏻♀️ The recent interview(s) by a top-ranking health ministry appointee has thrown up a lot of questions for me In my recent visit to a PHC , I met a pregnant woman who was diagnosed with Placenta praevia (placenta in the Lower uterine segment) She was referred by the midwife to a secondary health care facility but she declined, insisting that she must deliver at the PHC Placenta praevia is a major obstetric problem, and would most likely require delivery by caesarean section and blood transfusion This woman refused to be transferred to a secondary health facility because of the proximity of the PHC and her familiarity with the environment. This is not the first time that I have observed this kind of hesitancy Most of them cannot cope with the 'sophisticated nature' of the secondary and tertiary health centres. They prefer it 'simple' This is why primary Health care should be prioritised In March 2024, the President approved the release of 25 billion Naira from the(Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) for the improvement of healthcare at the Primary Health Care Centres Having recently interacted with some Primary healthcare facilities(that are supposedly under the BHCPF), I am a bit worried I am worried about what would become of this 25billion if there is no clear-cut monitoring and evaluation framework in place In my recent training on M&E. we were made to understand that before the commencement of any project, the log frame must be developed The log frame includes input, outputs, outcomes and the impact and for each, we have the indicators, means of verification and time-bound targets. 25 billion Naira is the major input here. Will it produce the expected output, outcome and impact? If we are not to end up probing the embezzlement of this 25 billion Naira in the next few years, then we have to institute very tight monitoring and evaluation processes. My practical solution 👇🏻 .. Develop a log frame for this disbursement(project) and make it public so that citizens will also participate in the monitoring process Universal Health Coverage is impossible without a functional primary healthcare system. A lot of questions for us to answer; Is the Nigerian healthcare sector in crisis? How has the BHCPF been utilised in the past? Has there been proper accountability and if not have the offenders been brought to book? Are there structures in place to eliminate corruption from the system?

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A report from the Chartis Center for Rural Health highlights the ongoing crisis faced by rural hospitals in the U.S., with the situation worsening over the past year. The percentage of rural hospitals operating in the red has increased from 43% to 50%, and many have been forced to close or discontinue vital services like inpatient care, obstetrics, and chemotherapy. Factors contributing to this crisis include higher labor costs, inadequate reimbursement rates from Medicare and Medicaid, and the rise of Medicare Advantage plans, which pose additional financial challenges. Despite Medicaid expansion providing some relief, many rural hospitals still struggle to remain financially viable. https://lnkd.in/g7puz4wz #Sandiola #InpatientAcuityCaptureExperts #AcuityCapture #BecauseEveryPatientAndDollarMatters  #RuralHospitals #ClinicalDocumentationIntegrity #ClinicalDocumentation #CDI #BestPractices #Hospitals #DRGoptimization #Healthcare #RROI #ROI #RuralHealthcare #RuralHealth #Technology #Teamwork #HealthcareProfessionals #HealthcareProviders #ACDIS #HealthcareChallenges #HealthCareAccess #Hospital #Medicare #Medicaid #MedicareAdvantage #Telehealth #FinancialPerformance #CDI #SandiolaSuccess #CommunityHealthcare #HealthcareClaims #ProviderChallenges #MedicareAdvantage #ClaimsDenials #HealthcareFinance #RevenueCycleManagement #SandiolaSuccess #Collaborative #HealthcareChallenges #HealthcareFinance #HealthcareDocumentation #DocumentationIntegrity #CDIProgram #CDIServices #CodingIntegrity #CDISpecialist #CDIReview #DocumentationImprovement #RCM #RevenueCycle #RevenueCycleManagement

Access to healthcare in rural areas is a necessity for thousands of Americans, however the number of physicians available for care in these areas is dwindling. Studies show that students most likely to practice in rural areas are applying to medical school at lower rates. Additionally, one of every five current physicians are planning to stop practicing in the next two years. Decreasing rates of new physicians in rural areas, and the increasing retirement rate of current medical staff is making rural healthcare even more difficult to access for patients. As availability decreases, additional barriers such as access to transportation or job opportunities with paid leave have an even stronger impact on preventing access to healthcare. We need solutions now. Some key points highlighted by the AMA include increasing Medicare payment, addressing burnout, creating legislation supporting expanding the physician workforce, removing telehealth restrictions, and tackling chronic disease. Which of these do you believe is the most critical point to address first? #RuralHealthcare #healthcare #HealthInequity

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The healthcare system in Maharashtra is facing severe criticism, with NGOs grading the state an 'F' for its performance. This assessment sheds light on critical issues affecting the health sector, including the alarming increase in anemia among pregnant women. Data from the National Family Health Survey shows a concerning rise in anemia rates, highlighting a significant decline in maternal health over the years. Moreover, Maharashtra's low healthcare expenditure, ranking second-lowest among states, directly impacts the quality and accessibility of healthcare services, especially in rural areas. The inadequate allocation of funds contributes to the lack of healthcare infrastructure and a shortage of medical professionals, leading to long waiting times, overcrowded facilities, and compromised patient care. The escalating cost of healthcare poses another significant challenge, with private providers charging high fees, limiting access to essential medical treatments. This situation pushes individuals towards public hospitals already struggling with heavy patient loads. Urgent action is needed from the state government to address these issues. Increased investment in healthcare infrastructure, recruitment of more medical staff, and stricter oversight of private healthcare providers are crucial steps to enhance the system. Prioritizing preventive healthcare programs, particularly for women and children, can alleviate the strain on healthcare services. It is essential for the government to prioritize these concerns and work towards enhancing the healthcare system to safeguard the health and well-being of the population. The future of millions of individuals hinges on these critical improvements. #healthpolicy #HealthSystem #Maharashtra Dr. Swati Santosh Rane TISS Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) Leelabai Thackersey College Of Nursing Nursing HealthSystem Advocacy Society NHAS Clinical Nursing Research Society The Nursing Teachers Association India Centre for Continuing Nursing Excellence (CCNE) National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Nursing Times NNL ONE (Nursing Next Live Redefined)

It's easy for managers like Mark Shephard, so far removed in their ivory Health NZ tower, reassuring the people of New Zealand that despite these gaps and looming cuts, people will still get the level of care they need when they need it. Actually, we need the truth. Yes, people will die in this health workforce crisis. If you don't have the right staffing numbers, with the right skill mix at the right time and the right place, it leads to more mistakes, delays to treatment and more patient harm. It's as simple as that. When we talk about specialist clinic and surgery wait times, demand on acute care is absolutely related. Outpatient clinics get cancelled when acute demand on medical services outstrip the supply of junior doctors. We get pulled from the clinic back to the ward if there are just too many sick patients to care for. Theatre lists are cancelled if there aren't enough post-operative beds. So with this $1.4 billion health cut, the only way for this government to reach their so-called targets for wait times is to increase the barrier to entry so people can't even get on a waitlist for an appointment. I've been banging on about it publicly for the last 2 years with the start of my podcast Revolving Door Syndrome. I'm glad I found the courage to start speaking up about these workforce issues way back then but it frustrates me to no end that many of my colleagues didn't want a bar of it. Few were interested in my podcast, even fewer were interested in the political campaign of 2023. There were even times that colleagues alleged that *my commentary* on staffing and clinician exhaustion would be the cause of patient harm if it discouraged people from presenting to hospital. Not to mention the harm that happened to patients already in the hospital due to unsafe staffing and poor supervision of junior staff. Part of me wonders if things would have been better if things were acted on earlier. Part of me wonders if the hospital management had acted much sooner, perhaps we wouldn't be in this mess. I don't know a single doctor who thinks the healthcare system is currently functioning as it should. Not a single one. In fact I probably know more doctors who are looking at private practice or leaving medicine all together. If we want a world-class healthcare system that looks after all of us, we will have to pay for it. We will have to swallow a bitter pill and look at how we can fairly increase the revenue to pay for healthcare so we can actually retain our hardworking doctors, nurses and allied health workers. Fill out our Health Survey now to tell us how you feel: https://lnkd.in/gAHcak-8 #health #publichealth #nzpol #politics #medicine #doctor #nurse #workforce #aotearoa #newzealand https://lnkd.in/gnarWnMD

This article points out the problems of access to various types of health care services. Given CMS compromises and closures of hundreds of hospitals and thousands of practices serving counties lowest in health care workforce for 40 years, someone needs to track the changes over time. This is a structural determinant and government designs should not cause or worsen such disparities. The argument that the practices and hospitals in these counties cannot be supported is flawed. From 1965 to 1978 there were increases in hospitals and practices and workforce via the newly added Medicare and Medicaid dollars. In the 1980s the cost cutting began along with the closures and compromises that have continued for 40 years. Basic health access is not valued and the same lack of value applies to 40% of Americans chronically behind in workforce, access, local health spending, jobs from health care, and health care leadership - by design. Limitations are more than just access. The financial design also shapes fewer team members, higher turnover, less experienced team members, and less expensive team members that may not have the training or experience. It is more challenging to measure access to a financially viable primary care practice with most and best team members. It might be hard to find such practices unless they are closely connected to the best employers, since the public health care plans are so bad. If you want higher functioning primary care, you need most and best team members to be able to do higher functions such as integration and coordination. The problem of access is likely worsened by financially impaired practice environments. A better marker such as local health spending or concentrations of health professionals would appear to reflect access, health spending, and whether CMS values them. Rural or non-metro is about concentrations of people, but this does not always reflect health care environments. Where there are systems in rural areas with the most lines of revenue and highest payments, the situations are quite different. On the other hand isolated rural is always going to be a challenge. Also the rural focus tends to underestimate the magnitude of the problem as urban populations behind are twice asa la https://lnkd.in/eCSpU8ie

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