March 2024

Molly Gamble (Twitter) – Becker’s Hospital Review Attitudes of elitism aren’t just a sign of poor teamwork in healthcare — they are a sign of incompetence. Elitism and healthcare are longtime cousins, a relationship that can be problematic but unsurprising. Take a big group of people hyper-specialized in what they do for a living, with

— Navigating the patient with questionable motives by Ryan McCarthy, MD March 9, 2024  I can’t stop thinking about “customer satisfaction” — which is weird because I don’t actually have customers. I’m a primary care doctor for a group of patients in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and have done so for almost 20 years. At its

Madeline Ashley, Kelly Gooch and Alexis – Becker’s Hospital CFO Report President Joe Biden proposed a $7.3 trillion budget March 11, including various initiatives to lower healthcare costs and an $800 million investment in hospital cybersecurity protection.  16 healthcare takeaways:    1. Medicare. The proposed budget would extend the solvency of the Medicare hospital insurance trust

Ashleigh Hollowell (Twitter) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership A bill currently moving through the Minnesota House of Representatives would allow nurses to refuse to care for patients if they feel it staffing levels are inadequate, and also opt not to take on extra patient assignments if they feel they cannot do so safely. Refusing care in

Molly Gamble (Twitter) Americans spend far less time face-to-face today than they did 20 years ago, reaching a new low for “social fitness” that spills over to other dimensions of health and wellbeing. “In short, there is no statistical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their

Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) – Becker’s Hospital Review Some employers are sunsetting annual performance reviews in favor of regular, daily feedback — a trend experts predict will become increasingly prevalent, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 22. Many companies still use annual performance reviews, meaning employees often have to wait a year for feedback. Despite employers’

Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Clinical Leadership Over the past few years, much of the discourse on supporting the well-being of healthcare workers has focused on nurses and front-line teams — and rightfully so, as many nurses continue to report burnout stemming from their work environment. But to ensure efforts meant to support bedside nurses live