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By: Michelle Wilson Berger for HealthLeaders Media, July 31, 2012
To know how well nurses are executing on quality and patient safety issues, give them a barometer—in the form of metrics and standards—to measure where they stand compared with individuals and units at their hospital and at like institutions.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, July 31, 2012
A graduate nurse education demonstration project will help train and place advanced practice registered nurses such as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse anesthetists in five cities, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced.
By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, July 30, 2012
With the uncertainty over which states will opt out of Medicaid, financial leaders in healthcare settings need a handle on their local and national political scenes and must predict the impact on reimbursements and patient volumes. In other words, they need to know everything.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, July 30, 2012
Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care is offering employers who join the Aurora Accountable Care Network guaranteed savings averaging 10%. The savings are generated primarily through coordinated care for patients, lower co-pays with network providers, and better health outcomes, the company says.
By: July 30, 2012
Date: September 5, 2012, 9:00–12:00 p.m.
Pacific Sharp HealthCare leaders reveal the secrets that have enabled them to turn their patient-centered care initiative into a sustainable program that's ingrained in the culture, improves outcomes, and grows stronger over time. By combining their Sharp Experience performance improvement initiative with the Planetree Patient-Centered Care Model, they have built an organization of sustainable patient-centered excellence like no other.
By: July 10, 2012
Healthcare organizations today overwhelmingly track clinical quality outcomes and patient safety metrics. However, while 76% are implementing EHRs, only 44% say the systems benefit patient safety, according to this HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report. Get the free report or Premium version with exclusive research and analysis.
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