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Noticed all the innovation talk lately? Yep, we’re a little obsessed. Now it’s your turn to spill the tea on nurse-led innovation! Share your brilliant insights with us here and automatically be entered to win a $50 American Express gift card.
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Today's Top Beats |
📞 Telemedicine Coverage Extended
😕 Emergency Code Confusion
💉 Infant RSV Vaccination
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Medicare Telemedicine Coverage Extended |
One of the few silver linings to come out of the pandemic was the massive, rapid expansion of telemedicine services. Use of telemedicine has fallen since the middle of the pandemic, though about 13% of Medicare beneficiaries still use it. But some of the flexibility Congress created for Medicare telemedicine use was set to expire at the end of 2024. In a last-minute deal, Congress extended that flexibility through March 31, though its future is uncertain after that.
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Hospital Emergency Code Confusion |
A nurse-led study at Cleveland Clinic Medina (Ohio) Hospital has revealed that plain language announcements may improve hospital staff response time to non-clinical emergencies compared to coded messages. Two assistant nurse managers were inspired to conduct the study after their own delayed response to a Code Sliver (active shooter situation). The findings correlated with a
separate 2023 study which discovered that many hospital workers struggle to recognize emergency codes when coded language is used.
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Infant RSV Vaccination Needs |
RSV season is well underway, with “very high” levels reported in about a half dozen states and “high” levels in a dozen others, based on the CDC’s wastewater testing data. Last year was the first season when RSV vaccination for infants was available, but it didn’t seem to reduce pediatric hospitalizations or infections, according to a recent study. Rates and hospitalizations were similar to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting a need for more widespread vaccination with the maternal vaccine or nirsevimab.
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TOGETHER WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON
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Introducing the 2024 NurseHack4Health™ Pitch-A-Thon Awardees |
The 2024 NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon featured over 80 nurse-led teams from around the world, pitching their best healthcare innovation solutions. From the top ten finalists, the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance and Seattle Children’s Hospital were selected as awardees, receiving a total of $185,500 in combined grant funding.
Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance presented MAMA-CVD, aiming to reduce maternal mortality in Ghana by training midwives to detect cardiovascular risks using AI-powered ultrasound technology.
Seattle Children’s Hospital's solution is geared toward predicting peripheral IV catheter infusion failures by using an AI-driven machine learning algorithm integrated into IV pump software.
You can learn more about the top ten Pitch-A-Thon finalists here. Do you have an innovative idea that could transform healthcare? Get ready for the 2025 NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon by reading your top questions answered here.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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32,000 |
The number of inmates in New York state prisons who are receiving medical care from doctors disciplined for misconduct at other institutions. Check out how much higher the rate of discipline is among prison doctors than those in the rest of the state.
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CARING COLLECTIVELY WITH TOGATHER
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Practical New Year Resolutions for Better Healthcare |
88% of New Year resolutions are abandoned within two weeks—so if you’re already feeling “off track,” take a breath. You’re not alone. With everything happening in the world and healthcare, let’s choose gentleness over rigidity. Instead of big resolutions, let’s lean into small, purposeful, doable steps.
Here are a few health equity-focused intentions to enact change:
Learn: Dedicate 15 minutes a week to understanding healthcare inequities. Start with this free resource.
Advocate: Advocacy isn’t just about policies. Share what you’re learning about health inequities in conversations with colleagues, friends, or family. Change starts with connection.
Care for yourself: What’s one thing you’ve done for yourself today? This week? Guilt around rest is real, but rest is revolutionary. Try this tool as a daily reminder that rest fuels change.
Small, consistent actions add up. What intention will you start with today? Tell me here.
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Tesiah Coleman, MSN, AGPCNP-BC,
WHNP-BC, CLC, is the founder and CEO of Togather, the first collective care platform for health justice.
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Amplifying Nurse-Led Innovation |
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SUPPLY ROOM |
Hi, I'm Am-Boo |
If you work with respiratory patients, you won't be able to resist this adorable badge reel!
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BREAK ROOM |
High Protein Bowls |
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