Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Clinical Report A growing proportion of nurses say incidents of violence and aggression they face on the job have become routine. As a result, many are considering an exit from the profession altogether. In the first week of April — which the National Institutes of Health recognizes as Workplace Violence Prevention […]
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By Hailey Magee – original article linked here Do you ever feel like your boundaries just aren’t working—and no matter how many times you set them, the people in your life aren’t listening? If so, watch out: you might be making requests or giving ultimatums instead of setting boundaries. Here’s the difference: If your boundaries aren’t
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Giles Bruce – Becker’s Health IT Hippocratic AI, a healthcare generative AI startup valued at $500 million, now counts 12 nursing leaders as advisors, including four from health systems. The company, which was co-founded in 2023 by a former health system executive, is developing a large language model for healthcare. Hippocratic AI’s investors and partners
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Madeline Ashley – Becker’s Hospital Review Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have introduced the Corporate Crimes Against Health Care Act of 2024 in an attempt to remove “corporate greed and private equity abuse” in healthcare. In a June 11 joint press release, Ms. Warren and Mr. Markey shared how private equity fund assets
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Physicians Practice June 5, 2024 Steven Goldberg, MD Maren S. Fragala, PhD People are often unaware of all the expenses associated with healthcare, until they are racking up their own medical bills. With a disease diagnosis, for instance, medical expenses can include the doctor’s visits, prescriptions, diagnostic tests, surgery and devices. Health insurance can help,
June 4, 2024 Lucien W. Roberts, III, MHA, FACMPE It is easy to blame doctors for the hamster wheel the practice of medicine has become. It’s even easier to blame the insurance companies. Here’s the thing, though: Patients are to blame as well. We don’t talk about that side of the equation enough. I have
Mariah Taylor (Email) – Becker’s Hospital Review Although the number of nurse practitioners and physician associates who work in primary care continues to rise, an increasing number of these advanced practitioners are shifting into specialty care, according to a Milbank Memorial Fund report. There is no national workforce database that tracks NPs and PAs working
Filter the brilliant jerks out of your organization before they destroy your company culture. EXPERT OPINION BY MARCEL SCHWANTES, INC. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AND FOUNDER, LEADERSHIP FROM THE CORE @MARCELSCHWANTES How to Tell If Someone Is a Brilliant Jerk in 5 Minutes or Less Selecting the right employees for an organization is a complex and challenging
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Scott Becker and Molly Gamble – Becker’s Hospital Review 1. Healthcare has a simple math problem. The population of the United States is more than 334 million people, and we have 1.1 million active physicians. We are hyper short on primary care physicians and specialists, with one of the lower counts of physicians per capita
Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership The data comes from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, an annual poll conducted by the Health Resources and Services Administration and U.S. Census Bureau. The latest version of the survey, released in March, includes responses from 49,234 registered nurses polled in 2022 and early 2023. HRSA
