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HR & Workforce Management
Latest Headlines
Latest Headlines
Whistleblower blasts Bayonne Medical Center for unqualified supervisor
A jury awarded a former Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center employee more than $2.1 million after filing a whistleblower suit against the hospital over improper staffing, the Jersey Journal reported.
Hospitals' cardiac arrest cases linked to survival rates
Hospitals with the highest rates of cardiac arrests tend to have the poorest survival rates for those cases, according to a study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System.
Patient outcomes unaffected by nighttime ICU docs
Although a third of the nation's academic hospitals use intensivist staffing at night to help improve outcomes, nighttime intensivists don't benefit patients and may unnecessarily increase costs, according to a study published online yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine .
3 employee-engagement myths debunked
Common misconceptions about staff management often plague medical practices and therefore prevent administrators from making necessary changes. But in reality staff will embrace change if you take th time to explain it and involve them in the process.
Marin General Hospital on the right path to fix CPOE safety issues
Fixing IT safety issues goes beyond training and board meetings and union action, as providers at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., are showing.
Nurses for Boston bombing suspect put patient care first
All of the nurses asked by supervisors to care for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, said yes and those interviewed by The Boston Globe said they were proud of the treatment they provided to him.
Hospital workers spending too much time on Facebook
In a new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research , researchers who set out to determine the impact personal Internet use has on acute clinical settings discovered that Facebook took up a substantial amount of staff time in an observation period.
Nurse scope-of-practice controversy continues
Despite policy analysts calling for more liberal scope-of-practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet growing demand, new research reveals a nurse-doctor disconnect over giving NPs more professional leeway.
Struggle continues over expanded role for nurses
Despite policy analysts calling for more liberal scope-of-practice regulations for nurse practitioners to meet growing demand, new research reveals a nurse-doctor disconnect over giving NPs more professional leeway.
Culture change, management expertise essential to doc-hospital alignment
The number of hospital-employed physicians continue to rise, but these hospital-physician relationships are rife with pitfalls. Hospital leaders need to reach out to involve physicians in decisions and policy-making in order to sustain these relationships.
