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Web Exclusive: Hospitals Make Employee Flu Vaccinations a Patient Safety Issue
The emergence of the H1N1 flu put a spotlight in early 2009 on a question: Should healthcare organizations do more in...
Magazine: Human Resources: Ferreting Out the Unfit
A national database is a tool, not a panacea, for healthcare worker background checks.
Consider Human Factors Engineering When Designing Patient Safety Projects
Barbara Wilson, PhD, RNC, assistant professor at Arizona State University's College of Nursing and Health Innovation...
Team overseeing national database of dangerous or incompetent caregivers is removed
Federal officials have removed the management team overseeing a national database of dangerous or incompetent...
Web Exclusive: ED Shooting Shows Why Confronting Hospital Violence Must Be A Priority
The Feb. 15 shooting inside the ED of Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg, NC, provides an unwelcomed...
Nurses Associations Look for New Protections, Federal Laws to Protect Nurse Whistleblowers
The quick acquittal earlier this month of Texas whistleblower Anne Mitchell, RN, has nursing organizations relieved...
Web Exclusive: CMS Re-alignment Brings New Direction, Possible Medicare Advantage Issues
A move by acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Charlene M...
CMS Announces Re-alignment to Focus on Three Key Areas
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it is realigning, consolidating, and integrating functions to...
Florida nurses rally for safer staffing
On Feb. 17, about 175 nurses from throughout Florida rallied in the Capitol to lobby legislators to support a bill that...
Joint Commission Issues Interim Staffing Effectiveness Standards
The Joint Commission recently announced the approval of its interim staffing effectiveness standards for 2010. The new...

Book: The Complete Guide to Transforming the Patient Experience
The patient experience impacts all areas of healthcare, including patient satisfaction, quality (as measured by...
Book: Orthopedics and Spine: Strategies for Superior Service Line Performance
This book is a must-have resource for any organization looking to enhance patient satisfaction, streamline operations...
Book: Marketer's Guide to Community Benefit Reporting and IRS Form 990H
This book and CD-ROM shows healthcare marketers how to gather data effectively from every corner of their organizations...
ED Overhaul: Reduce costs, improve quality, and increase satisfaction
Join HealthLeaders Media and top executives from Scripps Health, Tomball Regional Hospital, William Beaumont Hospital...
Cancer Service Line Success:  Better Coordination, Better Outcomes
Hear from four organizations-from a community hospital to a national brand-with progressive cancer programs that are...