• Interoperability and Healthcare: Key Aspects, Pitfalls and Evolution

      Interoperability outcomes in healthcare refer to improving patient care, reducing medical errors, and increasing efficiency in healthcare delivery by enhancing the necessary coordination of all the agents involved.   Key Points Interoperability oriented towards care continuity. Empowerment of the patient over their clinical infor1

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  • Prioritising Patient Safety and Combatting Fatigue in Healthcare

    Penilla Gunther, President of the European Patient Safety Foundation, shares her insights with HealthManagement.org, explaining the importance of patient safety and its growing significance in healthcare. She also highlights the potential impact the Fight Fatigue campaign could have on patient safety and overall healthcare outcomes.   Wh1

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  • The Loyal Employee

    It has long been acknowledged that the backbone of the healthcare system consists of a strong, caring and resilient workforce. Healthcare workers play a pivotal role in ensuring the success of a hospital and, more importantly, in providing the best possible care to patients.   However, in recent years, the healthcare workforce has faced signif1

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  • Building a Culture of Well-Being for Clinicians Today Through Community and Leadership

    This article discusses two key strategies for improving clinician well-being and ensuring staff retention in this issue devoted to supporting the loyal employee.   Key points The burnout epidemic continues to be a public health crisis that threatens the health of clinicians and the care of their patients. It is estimated that up to 41

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  • Training with Simulation in Nursing Care

    This article explores whether simulation could be a valuable tool for addressing the shortage of nurses in the healthcare sector and how it can provide realistic and safe learning environments for nursing students and professionals to practice their skills, gain confidence, and receive feedback.   Key points Simulation-based learni1

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  • Healing from Within: The Silent Revolt for Mental Fitness in Healthcare

    Unmasking the high price of neglecting employee mental fitness and the path to lasting loyalty in the healthcare sector.   Key points According to a survey by the World Health Organization, 45% of healthcare workers are grappling with symptoms of depression, anxiety, or burnout. Many healthcare workers are leaving their jobs, and som1

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  • The Necessary Multidisciplinarity for Common Health Achievements

    Health institutions are knowledge organisations whose raison d’être is patient care, i.e. prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Scientific advances, epidemiological changes and social demand require a new way of doing things in healthcare organisations. Therefore, we need to move towards transformational, empathetic, forward-looki1

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  • Responding to the Nursing Crisis: Surfing a Tsunami in the U.S., Smooth Sailing in Europe

    The expected shortfall of registered nurses by 2030 highlights the need to attract young people to the profession in massive numbers and then find the resources to educate and train them. The platform model is one resource that can help achieve this necessary goal—while addressing needs in the present.     Key points The nursing cris1

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  • From Polluting Healthcare Sector to Environmentally Conscious Healthcare Systems

    Awareness, systems approach, interaction from top-down and bottom-up, willingness and urgency to take action and tackle the climate change problem with the decarbonisation of the health sector will require efforts from people involved in healthcare and the environment, according to the principle of “One Health”. Interventions are urgent. Time is1

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  • Why Climate-Smart Healthcare Must Be a Priority

    As a healthcare leader, you have the responsibility and opportunity to take action against climate change and prioritise zero emissions for your hospital.   Key points By taking climate action, healthcare can seize the opportunity to combat the greatest threat to human health and protect an already overstretched sector. You don’t hav1

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