Minority Nurse

JUNE 16, 2025

It’s about patient safety. These guidelines offer language and structure around five core drivers of safe staffing: patient complexity, physical environment, available support, cognitive load, and nurse experience. This isn’t about mandated ratios. For nurse leaders: Map the guidelines to your current staffing practices.

Shared Governance

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

the anodyne title of health scientist administrator masks a beyond-the-data devotion to patient safety. A 2023 report by the Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and Technology declared patient safety an urgent national public health issue. The process of ongoing collaboration is known as a learning health system.

Patient Safety

Scrubs

AUGUST 29, 2023

It’s ironic that those entrusted to keep the rest of us comfortable, rested, and fed aren’t afforded the same courtesy—especially in a field where nurse fatigue and patient safety are so closely linked. From The American Nurse Long shifts in nursing are standard practice. Are you and your staff taking breaks?

Acute Care

Minority Nurse

MARCH 13, 2023

Patient safety depends on many preventative steps, and many of those steps must be followed meticulously. The report, published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , reinforces how the simplest act of hand washing and proper hand hygiene can have a significant impact on patient safety.

Patient Safety

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Safety Across the Board. Hospitals are constantly striving to improve patient safety. However, a safer work environment extends beyond patient safety through lower nurse-to-patient ratios. Use our Magnet Showcase to review Magnet-designated hospitals to research your next employment opportunity.

Hospital

Minority Nurse

JULY 15, 2024

Communication and collaboration are central to healthcare , and there are many tools for improving teamwork among medical facility staff members. These competencies, in turn, impact patient safety, patient experience, the health and well-being of the workforce, and even cost-effectiveness.”

Medication

Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

This patient-centered approach improves patient satisfaction and leads to increased treatment adherence and better health outcomes. Collaborative care and care coordination Value-based care encourages physicians to collaborate with other healthcare providers and staff, promoting care coordination and continuity.

Patient Centered Care

Minority Nurse

JUNE 26, 2024

As a nurse manager, I am responsible for the unit’s overall operational needs, which include, but are not limited to, interviewing, hiring, performance management, patient safety/patient care initiatives, overall team engagement, patient experience initiatives, process improvement projects, and all other business-related needs.

Shared Governance

Valant

MARCH 20, 2024

Efficient operations are the foundation of any successful behavioral health practice, with a thoughtful clinical workflow supporting quality patient care and sustainable practice growth. Centralized control streamlines workflows, fostering collaboration among staff and optimizing resource allocation.

Billing

Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

This patient-centered approach improves patient satisfaction and leads to increased treatment adherence and better health outcomes. Collaborative care and care coordination Value-based care encourages physicians to collaborate with other healthcare providers and staff, promoting care coordination and continuity.

Patient Centered Care

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

Unit Organization and Environment

Practice Builders

MARCH 28, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore how these metrics can help practitioners build a culture of continuous improvement and patient-centric care, promote healthcare equity, and help medical practices deliver the highest quality of care to their patients. Faster response times are linked to better patient outcomes.

Patient Satisfaction

Practice Index

JULY 18, 2024

Researcher Chris Naylor said: “Integrated care systems were born into a storm, but despite their rocky start, there are now signs of the benefits brought by more collaborative working through these structures. In the survey, 91% of GPs said they could not meet patient demand. Almost all fear for patient safety.

Huddles/Rounds

Health Populi

MAY 31, 2024

This second blog of the three is being edited just days after Andrew Witty’s testimony to the U.S. Jane: A recent analysis of health care info security asserted that, “There is no patient safety without cybersecurity.” What is your take on this with respect to Amedisys’s patient population and home care operations?

Patient Safety

Valant

JULY 3, 2024

If you are treating a large number of patients who benefit from combined therapy, adding a prescriber to your practice may be more effective and convenient than psychiatric referrals. Alerts for drug allergies or contraindications enhance patient safety. This includes progress notes , treatment plans, and goals.

Medication

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

How AI can democratize and enchant health care – the WHO perspective In January 2024 I explored the World Health Organization’s report on Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health in my Health Populi blog. Further value could be realized by integrating Copilot into the EHR.

Unit Organization and Environment

Practice Index

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It’s far better to deal with a moment of awkwardness than to overlook a significant issue that could impact on patient safety, staff morale or the efficiency of your practice. So, whether it’s about patient safety, team culture or, yes, even the office biscuit selection, let’s create an environment where everyone feels heard.

Follow-Up

Minority Nurse

MAY 28, 2022

Nurses also develop patient safety initiatives, conduct research to improve care delivery, and help guide the next generation of nurses. Whether at the bedside of a Veteran or working in an outpatient clinic, our nurses deliver quality care and lead the way in innovating how we provide nursing care. Academic partnerships.

Critical Thinking

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There are equipment and processes that demand proficiency in use and troubleshooting to enhance patient safety. Infection control and taking on the role of a patient educator and advocate provides another level of optimal patient care. What attracted you to this area of nursing?

Patient Education

Minority Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

As leaders, we must be attuned to these nuances through cultural learning, which equips us to deliver holistic care, meeting each patient’s and their family’s psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and individual needs. Advocacy is a crucial attribute for leaders in the nursing profession today.

Unit Organization and Environment

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Assessing communication and collaboration.

Hospice

Medical Advantage

MARCH 28, 2024

Whether it is through secure messaging, telehealth services, or interactive patient portals, these tools offer multiple avenues for patients to engage with their healthcare. The opportunity for patients to take charge of their own health leads to better outcomes and improved patient satisfaction.

Patient Satisfaction

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 26, 2024

Improved retention translates to a more experienced and skilled nursing workforce, positively impacting patient safety through better continuity of care.” “These programs offer a supportive environment that fosters professional development, allowing nurses to gain confidence and competence in their roles,” Jenkins adds.

Long Term Care

Doximity

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

He serves on the STS Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety, Workforce on Quality, and Workforce on Health Policy, Advocacy, and Reform. She was recently interviewed by KevinMD on this subject due to her featured blog in Texas Academy Family Physicians journal and website as member voices.

Follow-Up

Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Rush Medical College, its main goal is to develop students who will be critical thinkers, who will provide excellent clinical care, patient safety and quality. It promotes collaboration and communication more amongst themselves. You’re not always going to be the physician, the leader with a particular patient.

Medication

The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Increasing availability of evidentiary and safety requirements – Continuous data collection and monitoring in the setting most comfortable to patients – extending beyond clinical walls. This provides a pool of data to support clinical endpoints and enhances patient safety by enabling early detection of adverse events.

Patient Safety

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 12, 2023

Nursing is itself a highly collaborative practice in most instances. Unfortunately, this is a boundary that many nurses ignore at the peril of their licenses, their mental well-being, and patient safety. Boundaries don’t just come into play with colleagues and supervisors but also with patients and their families.

Communication

Southern Careers Institute

JULY 31, 2023

They enhance care coordination and ensure a comprehensive, holistic patient treatment by facilitating interprofessional collaboration. Adherence to evolving best practices is also vital for MAs, who must keep pace with the changing healthcare landscape and provide quality care to patients.

Medical Assistant

Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Standalone Patient Portal As compared to an integrated patient portal, a standalone portal functions without an external system/software. An EHR software or any other software is integrated manually into a standalone patient portal. To integrate manually, consider collaborating with third-party software development vendors.

HIPAA

The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

Their association (ACOG) wrote, “Today’s decision is a direct blow to bodily autonomy, reproductive health, patient safety, and health equity in the United States. That sentiment was reinforced by the nation’s 25,000 OBGYNs, 60% of whom are women.

Teamwork

Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

This specific expertise confirms that nursing care delivered by pediatric oncologists is not only effective but also customized for the safety of their adolescents. Pediatric oncology nursing reaches past patient interaction within hospital settings.

Certification