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Hospital administrators in Washington, D.C., are furiously lobbying against a bill modeled on a California law that would require them to maintain a minimum nurse-to-patient ratio at all times.
Developing a plan to train and educate staff for the ICD-10 transition is as important as upgrading systems and equipment.
It's no secret that keeping employees healthy saves businesses money -- and nobody knows this better than the healthcare industry. Susan Moriconi, vice president of human resources at Omnicell, has helped implement a wellness program at her company and says it can be simple and very effective.
WellPoint's board of directors have selected Joseph Swedish to head the company after last August's investor-stoked departure of Angela Braly.
Possible cuts in Medicare funding for graduate medical education (GME) that could start as soon as next month come at a critical time when the industry is trying to find solutions to a physician shortage that promises to accelerate through 2020.
Data released by human resources services and staffing company Randstad shows that healthcare workers' confidence in the strength of the economy and the availability of jobs increased in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Communication and teamwork across healthcare systems appears to be a nearly universal challenge, according to a survey of nearly 9,800 primary care physicians representing 11 nations. The Commonwealth Fund released findings of the survey in November 2012, and expanded on several drill-down topics during a webinar presented on Feb. 5.
As doctors weigh whether to stay in their practices or become employed in a group practice or at a hospital, they're increasingly looking to alternative business models in order to remain -- and thrive.
Emergency medicine has been plagued in recent years with problems like physician shortages and diversion, or turning away ambulances because of overcrowding. One solution being used in many areas to reduce congestion and cut costs is the employment of nurse practitioners.
I was only a little bit surprised to read The Doctor’s Office as Union Shop, which blames the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for ushering in “a potentially radical factor in the transformation of health care –the doctor as union worker.”