Search Tag: hospital management
Burnout in U.S. Nurses: Risks and Consequences
2021 14 Feb
A new study looks into the issue of nurse burnout in the U.S. and associated factors, urging healthcare provider organisations to improve their management effort in this area. You might also like: Resilience: The Airbag for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professions Burnout is recognised as one of the major problems... Read more
Regular Testing of Healthcare Workers Not Recommended
2021 30 Jan
Routine COVID-19 screening of hospital staff is unlikely to prevent transmission of the virus and might additionally burden the facility, a new study shows. You might also like: COVID-19 Infection at Work: Who is at Risk? With increasing COVID-19 testing capacity, asymptomatic surveillance is becoming widely adopted across... Read more
Discharge Planning: Compliance with CMS Hospital & CAH CoPs 2021
2021 25 Feb
Speaker Laura A. Dixon (BS, JD, RN, CPHRM) Find Webinar Planet on Social Media Read more
Machine Learning and COVID-19 Management
2021 14 Jan
A new systematic review (Syeda et al. 2021) analyses artificial intelligence (AI) -based methods utilised to tackle the pandemic and provides insights into different COVID-19 themes. You might also like: AI Tool Helps to Reduce COVID-19 Mortality Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare organisations have... Read more
Effect of Nurse Staffing Ratios on Sepsis Care
2020 29 Dec
While adherence to evidence-based protocols for sepsis care ('SEP-1 bundles') can help reduce in-hospital mortality and length of stay, a new U.S. study ( Lasater et al. 2020) says improving patient-to-nurse staffing ratios has greater impact on patient outcomes. You might also like: How preventable are in-hospital sepsis-associated... Read more
Let’s Talk About High-Value Care
2020 27 Nov
Several experts from Dell Medical School, Santeon, Diabeter Nederland and Erasmus MC gathered on 26 November to discuss the challenges of high-value care (HVC) during the ongoing EIT Health Summit Series. You might also like: New Era in High Value Care in Europe The session focussed on three main HVC areas: outcomes; incentives... Read more
Clinical Education During COVID-19
2020 25 Nov
The pandemic has changed the way care is delivered, with clinical staff fighting an unknown disease, others being assigned to previously unfamiliar areas, and medical students being involved as workforce. To adapt, clinical educators must change their ways of working and develop new methods of training delivery. The clinical education team at... Read more
Investing in New Technology: When, Why and How?
2020 20 Nov
Faced with abundance of technologies on the market, healthcare leaders should weigh their adoption decisions carefully. There are five steps that can help in decision-making. You might also like: Clinical AI Needs Dedicated Department In his article for Harvard Business Review, Jon Glaser warns health leaders against... Read more