Florida hospitals have worked closely with the Legislature and the Agency for almost 20 years on meaningful consumer information on hospital prices and quality. Hospitals are compliant with close to a dozen transparency initiatives, many at the state level.
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Hospital staffing should be decided at the bedside based on a patient’s condition, the experience of the nurses in the unit, the technology available at the hospital, and the availability of other care team members.
Hospitals and Health Systems are committed to working with the state and other providers to improve maternal health care outcomes. Florida has led by implementing programs and collaborative initiatives aimed at improving supports for pregnant mothers and their newborns. Despite these efforts, several concerning factors are converging to place labor & delivery care in crisis.
Hospitals are committed to building a system of care that responds to patients’ preventative and nonemergent needs to reduce expensive emergency department usage. Hospitals operate primary care assets throughout the state, provide community benefits such as free screenings, and often partner with homeless shelters to provide medical care. ER Utilization policy should be focused on improving primary care access for Medicaid patients, leveraging insurance companies’ analytical resources, and bolstering Florida’s health information exchange