Many people have been struggling with mental health problems since the pandemic began, but clinicians face unique challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic, workplace violence, ever-increasing work demands, failing systems, financial stress, and more take a toll on...
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Key Solutions To Bridge the Gap in Healthcare Communication
Communication is important in many aspects of life, but good communication in healthcare is critical.
Increasing HCAHPS Scores with Better Communication Tools
HCAHPS is a standardized survey that collects data on patients' perspectives of their hospital care. The survey was created to produce comparable patient satisfaction data between hospitals, incentivize hospitals to improve their quality of care, and enhance...
How Can I Improve My Organization’s RAF Scores?
Increasing Reimbursement with Better Documentation Value Based Care Organizations oversee the complex care of patients across multiple settings and interdisciplinary teams. Managing the logistics and ensuring excellent patient care is challenging enough; however,...
Our Systems are Failing Us. Who’s Responsible?
Imagine a large plane, perhaps a 747, packed with passengers. When the pilot of that plane takes off, each of those 400 people have placed their trust in that pilot for safe travels. But it’s not just the pilot, is it? Those passengers are trusting the airline, and...
Supporting Women in Health Tech
Who run the world? Girls! - Beyoncé Women have made great strides in the workplace, but there is still a long way to go, especially in STEM fields. In the U.S., women make up only 25% of the computer science workforce and hold just 14% of software engineering...
HIMSS22 Recap
#HIMSS22 is officially over, and CareAlign had such a great time in Orlando! Here is a recap of the week for the CareAlign team members that attended the conference. One of the highlights of the conference was getting to see other people in person. Our remote team...
Addressing Implicit Bias with Health Tech
Clinicians are calling for health equity to be added as the fifth aim for healthcare improvement. The current quadruple aim has four areas to focus on for improving healthcare: population health, reducing costs, patient experience, and provider satisfaction. While...
10 Trailblazing Women in Health Tech
According to the AAUW (American Association of University Women), only 25% of C-suite jobs in the top Fortune 1000 companies are held by women and just 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Women of color are even more severely underrepresented in leadership roles....