Alexandra Frost – MDedge Pediatrics Fevers? Vomiting? Fussiness? How to manage the first night home from the hospital? These are just a few of the hundreds of questions from parents that Atlanta, Georgia–based pediatric nurses Jennifer Walker and Laura Hunter answered well into the night. It was the mid-1990s, and theirs was the only practice […]
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Giles Bruce – Becker’s Health IT Kaiser Permanente’s partnership with Target shows that health systems don’t have to sacrifice quality of care for convenience, a Permanente Federation executive wrote in Medical Economics. The Oakland, Calif.-based health system has 35 clinics at Target stores in southern California, offering patients the type of easy-to-access retail healthcare they
Paige Twenter – Becker’s Since the 2012-13 school year, pharmacy schools have seen fewer applicants for PharmD programs. Hospital leaders have taken notice. Twelve years ago, 17,617 people applied to PharmD programs with the Pharmacy College Application Service, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. In the 2022-23 school year, following a steady
Helping individuals feel grateful about themselves, their job and their organization. Healthcare Rewired May 20, 2024 Mark Clement, president/CEO of TriHealth in Cincinnati, Ohio, sent me a link to the video “Handle Hard Better.” The video is a talk by Kara Lawson, the women’s basketball coach at Duke. As I watched it, my own experiences
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— Efforts to “recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank,” one RN says by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today, The proportion of RNs planning to leave their position fell from 2022 to 2023, though planned departure rates, abusive or violent events, and unsafe conditions remained high, according
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Publish date: August 14, 2024 MDedge Psychiatry By Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW In a bid to reduce stigma and improve treatment rates, a small group of clinicians, as well as military personnel, is lobbying the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to change the name of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to posttraumatic stress injury (PTSI) for
Mariah Taylor (Email) Becker’s Hospital Review Last year, a patient at Aurora, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center died after a hospital technician turned off their notification device, the Canon City Daily Record reported Aug. 15. The VA’s Office of Inspector General investigated the situation in spring 2023. It found a telemetry medical instrument
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Hospitals’ finances improved in April compared to both the month prior and the same time frame last year, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. The report also noted that there is a widening gap between the highest- and lowest-performing organizations. By Katie Adams MedCity News on June 04, 2024 Hospitals’ finances improved in
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— Commissioners baffled by factors affecting Part D drug prices by Cheryl Clark, Contributing Writer, MedPage Why does one particular anti-psychotic drug cost $1.06 at one point of sale, and $102 at another? Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) looked for answers to that tricky question at their meeting in Washington last week.
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Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Clinical Leadership A growing number of health systems are embracing four-day workweeks for nurse leaders — a strategy that has helped some boost recruitment, retention and staff engagement. Over the past year, the needs and well-being of nurse managers have come into focus, with hospitals and health systems taking a closer
