When mistakes and errors occur in our organizations, it is our obligation to analyze these problems and assess the reason(s) why they occurred. These problems have many different names: sentinel events, incident reports, near misses, etc.
From patient satisfaction to leader accountability, HealthStream analyzes what hourly rounding is not, why it often fails, and differences from traditional practice.
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Learn how medical pro providers have begun to take a closer look at hospital readmissions that occur within 30 days of discharge, from HealthStream.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act has initiated broad and transformational change to our healthcare system, with reimbursements shifting from fee-for-service care to value-based care. In response to the changes upon us, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year initiative to assess and provide thought leadership on transforming the nursing profession.
When implementing a digital rounding solution, leadership must spend considerable time researching their options, understanding all technical requirements, and strategizing to get the most out of their investment.
Healthcare providers are functioning in a landscape that seems to be reshaped on a daily basis. While attempting to adjust to the explosion of healthcare reform, new regulations, performance standards, payment structures, ever-changing technology, and myriad other requirements, there remains the need to provide care to patients – and to do it perfectly every time.
HealthStream’s answer to the healthcare industry’s demand for a strategic approach to annual mandatory training. The stakes are too high to continue a “check-the-box” exercise that offers almost no visibility into the cost of delivering training and whether expenditures could be eliminated or redirected to more effective initiatives.
Physicians often lead the team that surrounds every patient, and we must integrate them into the patient experience in a way that enables the best patient outcomes.
The Medical Staff Office (MSO) for Penn Medicine uses Echo as the source of truth for all provider information related to credentialing and health plan enrollment. Recently, the Penn Medicine MSO made a strategic decision to streamline and automate their processes.
Within healthcare, rounding is an effective way for staff to monitor patient recovery and assess fundamental components of the hospital stay. In addition, rounding is used for diverse functions, from auditing hospital equipment to gathering feedback from employees.
Perhaps the most obvious constraint to purposeful leader rounding is time. With the countless tasks that hospital leaders manage behind the scenes to improve care services, it can be challenging to find the time for frontline activities.
Several years ago, we started getting inquiries for our billing, security, and workforce compliance courses to be made compliant with ADA and 508 regulations. In particular, customers were expressing interest in the standards set forth by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as well as by the ADA.
EBSCO Health provides users with a wide array of content covering over 50 nursing specialties, leadership, management, culturally competent care, and more.
The times we live in call for a more active role in our personal safety and that of hospital patients and staff to be prepared for an active shooter.
Successful patient safety initiatives improve patient lives and outcomes. Although it may be hard for hospitals to successfully implement changes in workflow to enhance patient safety, technology like digital rounding can make it easier to achieve.
Bethesda Health CFO Joanna Aquilina shares her belief that the key to achieving good patient and financial outcomes is strong physician relationships. She highlights the importance of every CFO’s commitment to this end.
Healthcare organizations can use research about leadership to identify and sustain a pipeline of leadership talent across leadership roles. This article contains practical applications for enhancing your organization’s talent management capabilities:
The time has come to advance the practice of registered nurses to include care coordination and to manage the transition of patients between settings of care, from acute care to the many ambulatory settings and the community.
Millennial college students have many strengths thanks to their tech awareness, but can come up short in other areas Smart educators will assess their own programs to see where they can help bridge those gaps.
