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In the face of hospital closures, pharmacies can play a crucial role
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalHospital-based pharmacists interested in the advancement of the profession need to think about the role we play in helping hospitals improve their bottom line. Great service to patients — service that improves their health and quality of life — depends upon a functioning and profitable institution within which to offer such services.
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New EHR vendors and technology needed for continued innovation
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIn the span of the last five years, use and implementation of electronic health records in the U.S. has dramatically accelerated because of federal mandates and financial incentives directly related the meaningful use program. Because of these efforts, as well as time and resources invested by healthcare providers, electronic health records are more popular than at any point in the past and are now "the heart of health IT," according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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Coaching: Breaking it down for healthcare leaders
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationGreat leaders are sometimes measured by how deeply they have impacted the lives of others, and the ability to coach those around them is a common characteristic. What is coaching? It is really just a tool for effective communication between a leader and those they lead.
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Ho ho no! Steps to minimize holiday party misconduct
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThirty-six percent of employers report employee misconduct at holiday parties. This misconduct includes excessive drinking, sexual advances, off-color jokes, vulgar language and gestures, arguments and even fistfights.
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Research: American doctors are ‘drowning in paperwork’
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAccording to a new study, U.S. doctors spend nearly 17 percent of their working lives on nonpatient-related paperwork — time that might otherwise be spent caring for patients. The findings also suggest that the more time doctors spend on such tasks, the unhappier they are about having chosen medicine as a career.
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Prevention is key: Workplace violence in the hospital
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationWith the recent news of several nurses in a Minnesota hospital being injured by a patient wielding a metal bar, the issue of healthcare workers facing violence in the workplace is again receiving media scrutiny. Hospitalized individuals are certainly under significant stress when facing recovery and treatment from acute illnesses or injuries, and intense emotions may often be at play.
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How technology can help contain an outbreak
Jared Hill Medical & Allied HealthcareHollywood has trained most of us to envision what happens during an epidemic. We see the first case of a disease, which seems innocuous to the people in the film. Then it spreads with increasing velocity, until it almost outpaces or completely overwhelms the systems in place to prevent it.
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Simulation showing benefits for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Russell Metcalfe-Smith and Alistair Phillips Healthcare AdministrationThe Women's Guild Simulation Center based at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is using simulation to deliver more than education. The approach to simulation is crossing many organizational barriers, ensuring its impact is felt across the entire organization.
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To quarantine or not? A question of trust
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareAs the debate rages on regarding quarantines ordered by state governors, Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was ordered home quarantine, refuses to comply. So the national debate continues. Although all do not agree upon the current course of action, there are a few things we all agree on.
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Hospital preparedness: Pay now or pay later?
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationRecent events surrounding the diagnosis of Ebola on U.S. soil have proven that we can't always predict when and where an infectious disease will present. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas wasn't really prepared for a person who would test positive for Ebola to walk into their emergency room, nor were they prepared to support their staff during his treatment after admission.
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