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The upside of grief

Victoria Fann Mental Healthcare

The loss of a loved one is a major event in one’s life. There’s no way to prepare for it or to lessen its emotional impact. It’s one of life’s inevitable natural disasters, leaving families in varying degrees of shock, disagreements over the deceased’s possessions and myriad casualties from regrets over things said, left unsaid or undone to the daunting task of adjusting to life without this person. There’s not much good to be found at the end of someone’s life…or is there?

Infographic: Solving the growing problem of employee turnover

Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Turnover is a major challenge for business leaders, and with historically low unemployment, it’s only getting worse. The high demand for talent has led to "ghosting" from candidates who accept a job and then never show up after they get a better offer somewhere else. Employee turnover is time-consuming and expensive, but you may have a secret weapon: benefits. Learn how the right mix of benefits can improve turnover by up to 138%.

Study: Air pollution particulates can even harm unborn children

Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & Environmental

It turns out that air pollution is worse on us than we may have previously known, especially for those not yet born. According to the findings of a new study, pollution can be so pervasive that it can penetrate a pregnant woman's placenta and may threaten the health of a developing fetus. The study reviewed and analyzed high-resolution images taken of placenta tissue retrieved from 28 women who had given birth at East-Limburg Hospital in Genk, Belgium.

Study: ED patients report less rest than hospital inpatients

Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

A new study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal has confirmed what anyone who's ever spent time in a hospital emergency department already knows: ED patients don't rest as well as inpatients. Researchers surveyed 49 ED patients who were awaiting an inpatient bed and 44 people who had already been admitted to an inpatient unit. During the survey, patients described noise levels and rated the quality of their sleep using the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire.

Resistance to change in healthcare: Our fatal flaw

Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

It’s been said that change is the only constant in the universe, and that also pertains to healthcare. Since the days of Hippocrates, Florence Nightingale, and many others, medicine and nursing have continued to morph, and those individuals and organizations willing to do so have also evolved apace. But for those who resist or fight change, becoming an irrelevant dinosaur is the likely result. Are you and your organization willing to play along?

Report: Many US healthcare employees receive no cybersecurity training

Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied Healthcare

There's a healthcare data security problem in the U.S., and news reports suggest that insiders are not getting the amount of education they need to help keep hospital data safe. Per a new Kaspersky report, a massive number of the healthcare sector’s workforce does not receive the necessary training required to improve awareness of their organization’s policies, regulations, and rules. Nearly a quarter (24%) of U.S. healthcare employees have not received cybersecurity training, "but felt they should have," Health IT Security points out.

5 ways professional coaching can help hospital physicians

Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare Administration

External coaching can be a valuable tool in helping members of your hospital’s staff navigate their tasks more effectively. You may have primarily used it to train IT or administrative workers — but did you know that outside professional coaching can help your physicians perform better, too? Here are five science-driven ways can coaching help your doctors feel and do better — and why it's well worth the economic cost.

Study provides new insight into the decline of older brains

Dorothy L. Tengler Mental Healthcare

As people age, their ability to perform tasks may be impaired not just because they can’t remember but because they are unable to suppress other memories that are irrelevant. A recent study showed that some older adults who had no noticeable cognitive problems had a more difficult time separating irrelevant information from what they needed to do than younger people. According to Susan Courtney, a cognitive neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins, some memory problems are more a matter of retrieving the correct information at the right time to solve the problem at hand rather than a matter of specific memory.

Why color blindness is not a compliment

Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

In the 1950s, it was common to hear the term "melting pot," which meant all cultures and people melting together. That concept resulted in exclusion, inequality, undue pressure to give up identity, and hampered the expression of new ideas. Today, instead of "melting pot," we think "salad," where different ingredients with their own flavors, colors and textures offer a new experience that’s even better. In our communities and in the organizations where we work, recognizing and leveraging those differences can result in breakthrough products and services that meet the diverse needs of a global population.

Healthy aging in the nursing profession

Amanda Ghosh Medical & Allied Healthcare

If you’re a nurse, you may not be aging well. According to the ANA's Healthy Nurse Survey, 82% of nurses believe they are at risk for workplace stress. Stress at work can reduce your quality of life and lead to significant health problems — two significant hurdles in the path to fit and active golden years. September is Healthy Aging Month, so now is a great time to step back and assess your health. Are you aging gracefully? If not, here are a few ways to combat nursing-related health problems.

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