The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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Featured Story | | | Recruiting and Retaining Nurses: A Critical Challenge Facing the Healthcare Industry | | The industry is formulating new strategies to overcome the challenge of onboarding nurses effectively. The hospitals and health systems that rise to meet this challenge have an opportunity to set themselves apart in the race to recruit and retain new nurses―and in turn set themselves apart as leaders in care delivery for years to come. |
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News & Analysis | | | Dartmouth Health Uses Telemedicine, Virtual Learning to Help With Difficult Births | | Rural hospitals are closing their labor and delivery (L&D) units at alarming rates, forcing more expectant parents to give birth in an ill-prepared emergency room or other location, like the back of an ambulance. At New Hampshire's Dartmouth Health, officials are combining virtual learning and a hub-and-spoke telemedicine platform to address difficult and emergency births. |
| How a Remote Nurse-First Triage Model Reduces Benefits Spend for Employers | | For two large employers, one type of nurse advice line—a nurse-first remote triage model—reduces unnecessary emergency department and urgent care visits. It’s an approach that lowers healthcare costs for both employees and employers and helps minimize readmissions by offering patients clinical support when they need it, including after hours. |
| Program Aims to Impact Public Health Through Informatics Training | | The program teaches students how to analyze data about and for their communities. The goal is to have students identify and work to resolve a national blind spot to get ahead of the next pandemic and lift the quality of data collection throughout the entire industry. |
Upcoming webinar Preparing Environmental Services for a Survey: A Fireside Chat | | As a support service department, Environmental Services (EVS) has responsibility for the entire campus of a hospital. A successful survey of the hospital and for any one department may hinge on the EVS department’s performance. On Sept. 27, Scott Hedding, Vice President of Environmental and Linen Services for MedStar Health, will provide guidance and recommendations to prepare your EVS department for the next accreditation survey (Joint Commission, DNV, CMS, etc.). |
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