First the good news: Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps equipped with patient monitoring devices have helped avoid adverse events and saved hospitals money. The bad news? Hospitals are generally inconsistent in using those monitoring devices and adhering to PCA safety practices or...
Big changes in healthcare mean big changes in the way providers and payers talk. Many terms being bandied about don't have clear or solid meanings, but this guide helps sort things out.
Some nursing leadership trends emerged quietly this year, but are nonetheless provocative for how they force us to think about nursing and how they force nurses to think about themselves as caregivers and healthcare leaders.
According to a report released by The Joint Commission, 446 sentinel events occurred during the first half of 2013. The report, released by the accreditation agency in October, provides a glimpse at some of the leading issues plaguing hospitals and some insight into what is...
On September 18, the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA)-the union that began the "Just Ask" campaign, urging each patient to ask his or her nurses how many people they are caring for that day-kicked off a new signature campaign to put safe patient limits on the ballot for...
Healthcare organizations have just begun becoming accustomed to the idea that readmission rates within 30 days affect reimbursement from CMS. Leaders in these organizations know that patients admitted for medical conditions such as heart failure and pneumonia who come back will...
