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California bill requires patients to identify family caregivers
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare is one of the most overly regulated industries. Sometimes the ideas that motivate creation of legislation seem simple and straightforward, but the complexity of healthcare environments and relationships is too often misunderstood.
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Nurses plan DC rally to promote proper staffing
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationIf you get a group of nurses together, there is one topic they are all likely to agree on instantly — staffing. As the largest professional group in healthcare, they tend to be equated as the largest expense as well.
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Survey: Seniors willing to embrace technology to improve health
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareOlder Americans are not unaware when it comes to the potential impacts of technology on their health. In fact, they actually believe technology has a strong case to make for improving their lives. And if they'd had to do it over again, many would have taken better care of themselves the first time around.
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A patient’s perspective on bedside manner
Jessica Taylor Healthcare AdministrationA recent study published in PLOS One showed that the clinician-patient relationship has an effect on healthcare outcomes. There's no denying that clinicians have a high-stress job atmosphere, but that shouldn't take away from the bedside manner given to patients.
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What’s the key to halting healthcare hacking?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare records for 1 in 3 Americans were breached in 2015, with records of nearly 112 million people affected by hackers, compared with only about 1.8 million individuals in 2014. That's the finding of cybersecurity vendor Bitglass, as reported recently by Health Data Management, following the analysis of breach disclosures maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services and required by HIPAA.
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Nurturing nurse intrapreneurs is crucial
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationThe concept of entrepreneurship is currently widely understood — even the notion of nurse entrepreneurship has recently gained acceptance. However, nurse intrapreneurship receives little attention, and the nurturing of nurse intrapreneurs should be a central focus for organizations seeking innovative growth in a shifting healthcare landscape.
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Public health in an era of personalized medicine
Dr. Robert Carter Healthcare AdministrationCollectively, the clinical medicine and public health communities have demonstrated to governments and their populations that public health programs and interventions are critical to reducing infectious and chronic diseases.
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Don’t let typos crush your practice’s reputation
Jessica Taylor Healthcare AdministrationMedical personnel know attitude, tone and body language are key to patient satisfaction. I recently had the pleasure of visiting a practice where the atmosphere was great and the personnel were friendly. That said, there was one thing that killed the experience: document errors.
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To attain precision medicine, we must first personalize
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationIn his 2015 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama announced the launch of a new Precision Medicine Initiative and its goal to cure diseases and help us all improve our health. One year later, in his 2016 State of the Union address last month, Obama reinforced his support for this initiative and announced his goal of curing cancer.
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Leap into leadership with nurses on boards
Joan Spitrey Healthcare AdministrationIn late 2014, 19 nursing organizations were convened in a collaborative effort with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP to "increase nurses' presence on corporate and nonprofit health-related boards of directors throughout the county." The goal was to bring front-line knowledge of healthcare to the critical decision-making arenas. Nurses have a unique skill set that allows them to be key stakeholders and decision makers, given the opportunity.
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