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California sets the bar for violence against healthcare workers
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationWhen most healthcare workers head into their jobs, the threat of violence is usually not a major concern. It was not really on my radar when I went to work one night in the emergency department (ED) of a busy New York City hospital. Sure, we saw some upset patients and family, but that is just par for the course when working in the ED. After all, our doors were locked, and we had multiple security officers stationed throughout our busy ED. However, this night was going to be different.
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5 winning strategies for thoughtful nurse leaders
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurse leaders face a challenging environment in today's world of healthcare and nursing. Rapidly changing technology, a volatile economic healthcare climate and other seismic shifts point to ways in which nurse leaders must be willing to pivot when necessary while offering strong support to the nurses whom they supervise and lead.
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EHRs still need to improve, but physicians seem happier
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAnother day in healthcare and another survey. The latest one by Deloitte aims to understand physicians' attitudes toward electronic health records and perceptions about the current market trends impacting medicine and future state of the practice of medicine.
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In our high-tech age, the doctor still knows best
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareLike many industries, healthcare has been impacted by technology in ways that were previously unimaginable. Today, heart attacks are diagnosed and treated in record times, people can monitor their blood pressure and even their ECG from their smartphones, and patients can get a rough idea of their potential diagnosis by entering a few symptoms in a computer database before seeing a doctor.
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Why are we so accepting of healthcare ransomware attacks?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationWe're so accepting, as a culture. Because of the age in which we live, one such issue we seem to have openly accepted is ransomware's ever-increasing influence over healthcare. We seem to have resigned ourselves to the fact that these attacks by cybercriminals on our data are simply a mainstream inconvenience of the modern day.
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New nursing job? 5 strategies for your first month
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationWhen you land a new nursing position, your first month is an important time to make a good impression and initiate good habits that set you up for success. The following list is not comprehensive, but these five items will certainly elevate your performance and help you integrate painlessly.
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Career change in healthcare: Transitioning to your true calling
Brian Bauer Healthcare AdministrationIt's no secret the healthcare industry is experiencing explosive job growth with the increasing demand for health services. Technology seems to bring us into the future faster with each passing year, and with these advances come new methods of performing old tasks and new opportunities to fill roles that were inconceivable not so long ago.
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No surprise: People hate reviewing health plan info
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHealth insurance and all it involves — especially the selecting of a plan and the subsequent purchase of chosen plan — appear to be quite intimidating, United Healthcare suggests. So, while there may be more tools to compare plans, and more plans available, consumers continue to struggle when selecting said plan.
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CMS aims to bolster emergency preparedness
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare is increasingly being delivered outside of hospitals in widely diverse settings. However, the level of preparedness for disasters and emergencies varies — even though disasters stress the entire system. The latest Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule establishes consistency with requirements for all who participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The regulations will lead to increased patient safety during emergencies and more coordinated responses to natural and man-made disasters.
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Problems continue for EHRs, but whose problems are they?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationElectronic health records have been one of healthcare's most innovative or divisive — depending on your personal point of view — technologies since the start of the modern, technological age. They take up more of doctors' and practice administrators' time, create more technical trials, regulation and reporting, and they may lead to physician burnout, according to a recent report by US News & World Report. Specifically, electronic health records "have helped fuel a national epidemic of burnout among doctors."
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